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3.99 AVERAGE
3.99 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
funny
informative
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
An epic tale of American hubris, dissolution, and disillusion. Delillo freshly reimagines what has been broken down, parsed and combed through a hundred thousand times: the JFK assassination. He takes a dozen historical figures and fills in the interstices between the facts of their lives with possible (and highly plausible) reflections, conversations and internal struggles with such dexterity that the reader feels fully trapped in the long, slow, immense pull of history. He proffers no single conspiracy as to how that day came about, but rather shows us that everything, in the end, is part of a series of (oft-bungled) unrelated conspiracies and that everyone, in some way, is gunning for one another. A masterpiece.
between this and oliver stone's jfk i feel like i have a pretty good understanding of the jfk assassination
What a great speculative account of the events that shaped the assassination of JFK. DeLillo did a great job of mixing historical fact with fiction and intertwining real-life characters with those he made-up.
If I would have had the time, I would have read this book in less time then I did.
If I would have had the time, I would have read this book in less time then I did.
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
challenging
dark
funny
informative
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
hard to get into at first while i got used to the structure and became familiar with the characters, but it was a page turner by the end. i need to read other Don Delillo,
This was surprisingly good. I didn't love it, as it was a bit long-winded at times, but take out the names and this could be any Cold War spy novel, albeit one with a bit more pretension than most.
Now I have to think of a paper to write responding to it...
Now I have to think of a paper to write responding to it...
challenging
mysterious
slow-paced