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A review by mentat_stem
Room Temperature by Nicholson Baker
emotional
informative
relaxing
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
The entire core narrative of this book involves a new father feeding one bottle to his 6 month old daughter and thinking about life.
The recursion of flashbacks within flashbacks flesh out the ambitions and insecurities of the narrator. The effect is intimate and vulnerable. It's a style of storytelling I found fascinating in Mezzanine. Here it's even further refined.
I connected with the French horn lessons and musings on musical notation. Thoughts on the deprecation of technology and language emphasize the fleeting nature of our time on earth.
The stream of conscious narrative taken to extreme allows me to appreciate how other offers embrace the technique to various degrees. Rarely does anyone else use it to the exclusion of all other narrative tools.
The recursion of flashbacks within flashbacks flesh out the ambitions and insecurities of the narrator. The effect is intimate and vulnerable. It's a style of storytelling I found fascinating in Mezzanine. Here it's even further refined.
I connected with the French horn lessons and musings on musical notation. Thoughts on the deprecation of technology and language emphasize the fleeting nature of our time on earth.
The stream of conscious narrative taken to extreme allows me to appreciate how other offers embrace the technique to various degrees. Rarely does anyone else use it to the exclusion of all other narrative tools.