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desdejonah 's review for:
The Colossus of New York
by Colson Whitehead
Read for school. First assigned summer reading as a college student! yay class of 2023!!!
I am very conflicted about this one. I feel like it'll be in the vein of Catcher in the Rye, in the sense that I have a lukewarm haze in regards to my concrete feelings, which will harden into a firm admiration. The thing is, though, Catcher in the Rye seemed to miss every mark upon initial reading, and it wasn't until I was growing up and was mature enough to admit that I related to Holden that I finally had the "aha!" moment. With this one, not every mark felt missed for me. Some of them felt nearly brilliant, it's portrait of New York, not how it's symbolic for America, but how it's symbolic for Americans. The metaphors throughout, especially the Brooklyn Bridge and Rain chapters, were very intriguing with how they detailed humanity and the city as a whole. It both individualized and unified New Yorkers.
Then, on the other hand, there were lots of swings and misses, and sometimes it definitely felt a bit tedious and condescendingly misguided.
I don't know. My rating is subject to change.
I am very conflicted about this one. I feel like it'll be in the vein of Catcher in the Rye, in the sense that I have a lukewarm haze in regards to my concrete feelings, which will harden into a firm admiration. The thing is, though, Catcher in the Rye seemed to miss every mark upon initial reading, and it wasn't until I was growing up and was mature enough to admit that I related to Holden that I finally had the "aha!" moment. With this one, not every mark felt missed for me. Some of them felt nearly brilliant, it's portrait of New York, not how it's symbolic for America, but how it's symbolic for Americans. The metaphors throughout, especially the Brooklyn Bridge and Rain chapters, were very intriguing with how they detailed humanity and the city as a whole. It both individualized and unified New Yorkers.
Then, on the other hand, there were lots of swings and misses, and sometimes it definitely felt a bit tedious and condescendingly misguided.
I don't know. My rating is subject to change.