A review by clerner215
Bleeding Edge by Thomas Pynchon

4.0

Funny and flirting with fantasy, this was an enjoyable read. The lead character Maxine has some great lines and the plot reminded me of Gibson or Murakami at times. Heavy on name dropping and cultural references (all of which I actually got), this book seems like it will be dated in 10 years. And got me thinking maybe that is part of the reason this book was so much more readable than Gravity's Rainbow. Also there was nothing so fantastical as the talking lightbulbs or German film pastiches of GR. It lacked the subtle plot lines that are confusing until they converge, the little rewards from reading Pynchon's other works, or perhaps I missed them. But all in all a very good book.