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3.71 AVERAGE
3.71 AVERAGE
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Being in or adjacent to New York City doesn’t make you an interesting person.
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
funny
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Pleasant surprise. I didn't expect the to take journey I took. This would be an interesting film or tv series. I would watch it.
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan, a Kindle book I started reading on July 6nd. A book I had uploaded on a whim and on the opinion of good popular reviews & high sales (peer pressure, yar!). Plus, there's that pesky book club....
After the first few pages and incidences, this book read to me alot like a High Fidelity, troubled singleton, oopsie-daisy with me and my neuroses, modern prose. Then, after a little while longer, it turned into holy flashback, Batman. Back and forth to different spances of time with different ages of several people. On safari, deathbed visit, charts and graphs, friend to friend encounters, in the punk scene, West Coast suburbia, frivolous alternate-reality girly swill, and foreign travels.
My verdict: wayyyyyy too long and disjointed for my taste, but people like it, so it'll probably be made into a screenplay very soon.
After the first few pages and incidences, this book read to me alot like a High Fidelity, troubled singleton, oopsie-daisy with me and my neuroses, modern prose. Then, after a little while longer, it turned into holy flashback, Batman. Back and forth to different spances of time with different ages of several people. On safari, deathbed visit, charts and graphs, friend to friend encounters, in the punk scene, West Coast suburbia, frivolous alternate-reality girly swill, and foreign travels.
My verdict: wayyyyyy too long and disjointed for my taste, but people like it, so it'll probably be made into a screenplay very soon.
an unbelievably well-expanded "you can't step in the same river twice" metaphor; the inherent tragedy in the passage of time
adventurous
dark
funny
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Nothing short of a masterpiece (in my opinion)
Read my review at @booksandcoasters https://www.instagram.com/p/CGjICavHlL8/?igshid=13jngz1xuiyj1
Read my review at @booksandcoasters https://www.instagram.com/p/CGjICavHlL8/?igshid=13jngz1xuiyj1
http://librarianaut.com/2012/12/30/book-review-a-visit-from-the-goon-squad/