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Brief Interviews with Hideous Men by David Foster Wallace

3 reviews

notcharlottete's review

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challenging dark medium-paced
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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claudiatylr's review

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challenging dark reflective 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

4.0

Woof, where to start with this one? This was as exhausting as I was promised. DFW is on the one hand an incredibly gifted writer, with prose more haunting than I’ve read in a while. Yet on the other hand he seems deeply insecure, begging the reader to know that he knows his characters are evil. Yet still revealing on every page how much he seems to personally relate to the monstrous men. He also alludes to the fact that he imagines his reader as a woman, which makes it all the more sinister. 

While I’m glad I finally choked my way through this one, I can’t really recommend it to any audience. For women it feels almost violating to read, while men seem to somehow become complicit just by tagging along with the narrator.

P.S. To the college bros who told me this was their favorite book…. bombastic side-eye.
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rexregum's review

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challenging dark 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

2.25

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