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A review by elpanek
Downtown Owl by Chuck Klosterman
2.0
As it went on, I liked this book more and more. Its biggest flaw was that the author spent too much time trying to convince readers of the importance of each event in the book. We are told that each event was the biggest or the best or the first of its kind, and that is supposed it interesting. Despite this, I found the characters and their world (rural North Dakota in the 80's) exotic and interesting on their own. If more time had been given over to description or background instead of analysis and reminders of how important things were, it would've been a better read.
It reads like a first novel, like a writer trying to adapt his hilarious, insightful analysis of pop culture to a serious medium. Better to read his non-fiction stuff and wait for his second novel unless you're craving something about 80's North Dakota.
It reads like a first novel, like a writer trying to adapt his hilarious, insightful analysis of pop culture to a serious medium. Better to read his non-fiction stuff and wait for his second novel unless you're craving something about 80's North Dakota.