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A review by wordmaster
Bleeding Edge by Thomas Pynchon
2.0
At certain spots this didn't make sense, like literally didn't seem to be saying anything grammatically sensible, until I read it out loud and then those sentences suddenly leapt to almost musical life. I felt silly but I smiled as I did it. Pynchonian Phonics! Sound-it-out's not just for kids!
But when you do prepare to take some deeeeep (fuggeddhabowdid) breaths because this time Pynchon's taking New Yawk under his wing and if you've read Vineland he sends the city soaring to that same wacked-out hyperbolic level but this time it's America's other coast's turn.
2.5 stars. A bit of lighter Pynchon fare, if you can believe that, and shoe-in for my least favorite of his work. It can be striking while reading but for me it lacked the depth and staying power of something like M&D. Might be a "completionists only" title.
But when you do prepare to take some deeeeep (fuggeddhabowdid) breaths because this time Pynchon's taking New Yawk under his wing and if you've read Vineland he sends the city soaring to that same wacked-out hyperbolic level but this time it's America's other coast's turn.
2.5 stars. A bit of lighter Pynchon fare, if you can believe that, and shoe-in for my least favorite of his work. It can be striking while reading but for me it lacked the depth and staying power of something like M&D. Might be a "completionists only" title.