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genderterrorist 's review for:
The Wild Palms
by William Faulkner
Dreadful. DNF at 40% after William Faulkner took 2 1/2 pages to describe a simple act of a man falling off a raft into floodwaters. And i am positive he continues on after I put this damn book down.
So. This book is actually 2 separate books that supposedly "intertwine" [not sure where]. There is "Wild Palms" and "Old Man"; WP is absolutely insufferable, while OM is at least readable up to a certain extent. WP is the epitome of that recurring 20th century modern fiction theme of white men writing about white men who are extraordinarily unexceptional, falling in love with a "live fast, die young" woman who finishes her lover's sentences, smokes cigarettes, and "doesn't believe in traditional love", all of which constitute the fringes of the "liberated woman", but whose character never develops beyond the typical confines of a female archetype [being over emotional and damn near manic, being a tortured woman, etc].
Abysmal. I tried to give it 'til halfway through, but I just couldn't make it.
So. This book is actually 2 separate books that supposedly "intertwine" [not sure where]. There is "Wild Palms" and "Old Man"; WP is absolutely insufferable, while OM is at least readable up to a certain extent. WP is the epitome of that recurring 20th century modern fiction theme of white men writing about white men who are extraordinarily unexceptional, falling in love with a "live fast, die young" woman who finishes her lover's sentences, smokes cigarettes, and "doesn't believe in traditional love", all of which constitute the fringes of the "liberated woman", but whose character never develops beyond the typical confines of a female archetype [being over emotional and damn near manic, being a tortured woman, etc].
Abysmal. I tried to give it 'til halfway through, but I just couldn't make it.