A review by vsmyan
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan

3.0

Read this one on the plane over here, which was a month ago today, so to be honest I haven’t got an initial reaction to it any more, but just the memory of it. The memory was that it was good – a bit similar to Oscar Wao in that it crosses people and generations linked by small ties. Each chapter almost stood alone as its own story but the web of names and lives made it that much more fascinating. You know how sometimes you wish you knew what someone was like when they were younger, or what made them into who they are now? This book was like a voyeuristic peek into someone else’s life – which I guess all books are, really, but this one more so.

Most memorable part of book: Chapter 12.