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4.01 AVERAGE
4.01 AVERAGE
Once I got past the rhyming singsong in my head as I read it, I really liked it. It reminded me of that 2004 movie, Crash, where there are many characters and you weave between them, seeing how their lives overlapped and collided into each other.
If Dr. Seuss were an LGTBQ activist and wrote about tough adult themes... he would be jealous!
It seems so unfair that he died so young. Wonderful and so poignant. I often think of Clifford and Margaret
First, the skill to write entirely in couplets is tremendous. Second, the stories and rumination on & death is so tender, wistful and profound. I know I'll read this again & again.
A very different book for me. Told entirely in rhyme. Surprisingly engaging and moving.
this review deserve a rhyme but I can't string one together,
which is why I've always been impressed with his skill,
though audio would have been better.
(Hey, that sorta rhymes I guess. RIP David.)
which is why I've always been impressed with his skill,
though audio would have been better.
(Hey, that sorta rhymes I guess. RIP David.)
All of these stories are at least a few steps removed from the typical narrative of the American century. I greatly enjoyed the vivid imagery and the interesting design of the book. Most of the stories take quite a dark turn. Don't let the verse fool you into thinking this will be a light-hearted romp.
I felt like Rakoff was reading this to me while I read it. Rakoff astounded me constantly and this was no exception. This was bittersweet.
While I’m hesitant jump on the bandwagon of admirers after a person’s death, that’s what has to happen with this book. This novel in rhyme is a personal history of many intersecting individuals that moves through the 20th century from Chicago to the West Coast and back across the country to the East Coast. The rhyming format is clever and evocative and, surprisingly, does not feel tedious or gimmicky; rhyme is an effective and touching way to tell the stories of these sweet and sad lives.