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A review by bhnmt61
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
4.0
I read this not long after it came out- actually, more accurately, I skimmed through it. Because I could not find a way in to the story. There were too many characters and it was confusing, all those snippets of other sources that would go on sometimes for pages without really adding much. At least not that was apparent to me. I can’t say I cared much for it.
This time I appreciated it more. I listened to about the first half of it on audiobook and that helped a lot since there are actual different voices to help distinguish the characters— oh yeah, that’s the David Sedaris character or the Nick Offerman character or Susan Sarandon. I still think there’s barely enough material here for a novella, maybe really just a longish short story. But I do appreciate much more on second reading the crazy creativity, the ingenious morphing of forms. Not an easy read but a worthwhile one.
This time I appreciated it more. I listened to about the first half of it on audiobook and that helped a lot since there are actual different voices to help distinguish the characters— oh yeah, that’s the David Sedaris character or the Nick Offerman character or Susan Sarandon. I still think there’s barely enough material here for a novella, maybe really just a longish short story. But I do appreciate much more on second reading the crazy creativity, the ingenious morphing of forms. Not an easy read but a worthwhile one.