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3.24 AVERAGE
3.24 AVERAGE
I definitely feel like I’m missing something here… and now I just crave pancakes.
Just nuts! Fantastic and fantastical, less a sendup or study of psychoanalysts and more a study in psychosis of an analyst.
funny
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Imagine Mrs.Dalloway set in a pancake house with a huge group of psychiatrists. The main character philosophizes and rants and stream-of-consciousness prevails. Sounds boring and lame,but it's hilarious. Very deadpan and over-analytical, which I appreciate.
what a trippy ride. this book must be read in one gulp.
Would have been better as a short story. I think the author had a cool idea, but didn't know how to expand on it which caused me to lose interest part of the way through. Another issue, trying way too hard too be post-modern.
This is first book I’ve ever read that I’ve felt compelled to write a review. Partially from the harsh reviews others have left, and partially because I felt the need to write down my thoughts so I can sort through them.
I picked up this book because I was in a reading slump and decided I need something deep and existential to get me back in the swing of things and this is what came recommended on google. Before bothering to actually start reading it however I read ‘at the existentialist cafe’ by Sarah Bakewell. And I’m bloody glad I did. Had I not read that book which details the history of 20th century existentialism I would probably agree with other reviews that calls this book a pretentious piece of pish. But with the context of the philosophical ideas and the history behind them this book does a really good job of capturing the ideas of Heidegger and Jean-Paul Sarte. Although the writing try’s a little too hard to come across as intellectual the stream of conscious style tells the story of someone struggling when his reality breaks down and the absurdness becomes apparent and with it comes the need to question the meaning of life beautifully. The humour sometime falls flat and the book is formatted terribly but I think that can be redeemed by the greater aim of the book which succeeds in many ways.
I picked up this book because I was in a reading slump and decided I need something deep and existential to get me back in the swing of things and this is what came recommended on google. Before bothering to actually start reading it however I read ‘at the existentialist cafe’ by Sarah Bakewell. And I’m bloody glad I did. Had I not read that book which details the history of 20th century existentialism I would probably agree with other reviews that calls this book a pretentious piece of pish. But with the context of the philosophical ideas and the history behind them this book does a really good job of capturing the ideas of Heidegger and Jean-Paul Sarte. Although the writing try’s a little too hard to come across as intellectual the stream of conscious style tells the story of someone struggling when his reality breaks down and the absurdness becomes apparent and with it comes the need to question the meaning of life beautifully. The humour sometime falls flat and the book is formatted terribly but I think that can be redeemed by the greater aim of the book which succeeds in many ways.