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A review by makealongstorycourt
God Bless You, Otis Spunkmeyer by Joseph Earl Thomas
reflective
fast-paced
2.0
😬
Okay I don’t like stream of consciousness books, and this was that. Alas, I pushed through and ???? I just don’t know how to feel about it.
Honestly the entire novel felt like a surface-level therapy session with those people who say something horrifically tragic and then just carry on with describing the weather. You know those people??? It felt rushed, for me, and I couldn’t enjoy the parts that I liked because the writing style made me feel as though I needed to read through the prose fast bc the sentence structure was wildly long. The sentences required your working memory to hold so much while still taking in 3-4 more dependent clauses and it felt 🤯
Sorry for not liking this - truly just not for me, but this could be a banger for others.
Okay I don’t like stream of consciousness books, and this was that. Alas, I pushed through and ???? I just don’t know how to feel about it.
Honestly the entire novel felt like a surface-level therapy session with those people who say something horrifically tragic and then just carry on with describing the weather. You know those people??? It felt rushed, for me, and I couldn’t enjoy the parts that I liked because the writing style made me feel as though I needed to read through the prose fast bc the sentence structure was wildly long. The sentences required your working memory to hold so much while still taking in 3-4 more dependent clauses and it felt 🤯
Sorry for not liking this - truly just not for me, but this could be a banger for others.