A review by oaklandbex
Oblivion: Stories by David Foster Wallace

5.0

Taken together, most of this collection is an experimental slog. I wanted to actually die a few times while dragging my eyeballs through the monotonously constructed wordmire of 'Mr. Squishy', 'Oblivion', and 'The Suffering Channel' specifically, but I eventually made my way to the end of each. It's not all tedious, though. 'Incarnations of Burned Children' and 'Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature' are both efficiently written and just unhinged enough to be pretty good without becoming either forgettable or a mind-numbing bog like the others. **Five big stars for 'Good Old Neon' which stands alone as truly excellent.**