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A review by taelerk
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
5.0
This book made me jealous for the first time of another writer's skills. This book outwitted me and was far outside of my reading comfort zone. I took my time with it and I'm really glad I did. The structure of this book is wildly sophisticated. Each chapter reads like a short story and they intertwine together to create a whole, it jumps through time and characters, yet I felt the weight of each person. That is so hard to do with ensemble novels. Most of the time I feel like some characters get lost in the cracks, but Egan did a great job intertwining the stories. Beautifully written, incredibly funny, this book was too smart for me.
(-) The only negative thing I have to say is the experimental chapter struck me the least. I think I got really lost in reading everything in order that it took away from the story. That being said, I've never seen that before in a book. I do feel like it was the weakest chapter in the book.
(-) The only negative thing I have to say is the experimental chapter struck me the least. I think I got really lost in reading everything in order that it took away from the story. That being said, I've never seen that before in a book. I do feel like it was the weakest chapter in the book.