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A review by phippsmr
Everywhere You Don't Belong by Gabriel Bump
3.0
I don't know how to feel.
It's a super fast read for one, which I like. It's nice to be able to seamlessly read along and there's not a lot of books that pretty much entirely let you do that.
I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place because it introduced a lot of great characters and situations, but the depth was nearly nonexistent.
First, the dialogue. It reads really fast but it's also very choppy and leaves a lot to be desired. A lot of the depth in pretty much every character is almost nonexistent, I still couldn't tell you what any of them are motivated by.
The first half was better than the second, I didn't love the Missouri portion. Claude's desires are never explained or discussed, he just seems vaguely miserable the entire time.
This is screaming postmodernism, which is probably part of the reason for me not necessarily loving it. I kind of crave a message or meaning or some time of ending, otherwise it just seems like nothing happened.
I'd say it's like a 3.5 stars?
It's a super fast read for one, which I like. It's nice to be able to seamlessly read along and there's not a lot of books that pretty much entirely let you do that.
I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place because it introduced a lot of great characters and situations, but the depth was nearly nonexistent.
First, the dialogue. It reads really fast but it's also very choppy and leaves a lot to be desired. A lot of the depth in pretty much every character is almost nonexistent, I still couldn't tell you what any of them are motivated by.
The first half was better than the second, I didn't love the Missouri portion. Claude's desires are never explained or discussed, he just seems vaguely miserable the entire time.
This is screaming postmodernism, which is probably part of the reason for me not necessarily loving it. I kind of crave a message or meaning or some time of ending, otherwise it just seems like nothing happened.
I'd say it's like a 3.5 stars?