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Maybe it's because I read this book in short bursts, or maybe it's because it was written in the '30s, or maybe I'm just stupid, but I didn't really absorb this book as well as I absorb all the other novels I read. There were large parts of this book that I just did not enjoy.
Don't get me wrong, the humor didn't escape me. It was extremely blatant humor, and I'm not so dense that I didn't understand it. It was the plot that I was sometimes slow to catch up with. And there were times when the names and qualities of some characters just completely flew out of my mind, never to be remembered again. I had issues, basically.
I did not click with this book. Not enough for me to have much to say about the plot itself, or the characters. William was pretty cool. Katchen was annoying, obviously. The Boot family was strange, obviously. Most other characters were only good for a quick chuckle or two.
The writing was....not my element. I'm a teenager, and not an incredibly smart one. And this was written, and takes place in, the 1930s. So, needless to say, the 'current events' were different. The writing style was very slightly different. And all of these differences added up to just enough of a gap between this book and my usual books (books from this decade, for the most part) that it was an interesting, if slightly drawn-out experience for me.
I'll probably never read this book again, but it wasn't a waste of time, either. I wouldn't say I loved this book, but I didn't hate it, either. I'm not one for 1930s-era satires about journalism, but that's not to say it wasn't an interesting subject.
People who like 1930's-era journalism satires will likely enjoy this book more than I did.
Don't get me wrong, the humor didn't escape me. It was extremely blatant humor, and I'm not so dense that I didn't understand it. It was the plot that I was sometimes slow to catch up with. And there were times when the names and qualities of some characters just completely flew out of my mind, never to be remembered again. I had issues, basically.
I did not click with this book. Not enough for me to have much to say about the plot itself, or the characters. William was pretty cool. Katchen was annoying, obviously. The Boot family was strange, obviously. Most other characters were only good for a quick chuckle or two.
The writing was....not my element. I'm a teenager, and not an incredibly smart one. And this was written, and takes place in, the 1930s. So, needless to say, the 'current events' were different. The writing style was very slightly different. And all of these differences added up to just enough of a gap between this book and my usual books (books from this decade, for the most part) that it was an interesting, if slightly drawn-out experience for me.
I'll probably never read this book again, but it wasn't a waste of time, either. I wouldn't say I loved this book, but I didn't hate it, either. I'm not one for 1930s-era satires about journalism, but that's not to say it wasn't an interesting subject.
People who like 1930's-era journalism satires will likely enjoy this book more than I did.