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A review by eastwestnotes
You Shall Know Our Velocity! by Dave Eggers
2.0
I think you're supposed to hate the main characters of this book and if that was the goal, then the author definitely succeeded.
I know main characters aren't meant to be perfect or need to grow, but I was actually just wishing for them to get punched in the face again. Everything they do is so 'creative' and 'free' and 'full of meaning' while they insult everyone around them for basically doing the same thing. For example, the narrator complains about a group of female tourists who are upset because their credit card wouldn't work. Something about them 'begging to be hated' or something like that. Then the main characters spend the rest of the book verbally abusing a clerk who wouldn't change their traveller's checks.
The main character reminded me of every annoying expat guy in Asia who thinks he's going to change the world, but then basically just ends up insulting the locals, hanging out with prostitutes, and then whimpers about people not understanding him.
And just when I didn't think I could hate reading about this guy enough, he shared a story about how they had set a cow on fire.
The writing is good and there was some creative aspects of the book, but I just couldn't wait to get it over with.
I know main characters aren't meant to be perfect or need to grow, but I was actually just wishing for them to get punched in the face again. Everything they do is so 'creative' and 'free' and 'full of meaning' while they insult everyone around them for basically doing the same thing. For example, the narrator complains about a group of female tourists who are upset because their credit card wouldn't work. Something about them 'begging to be hated' or something like that. Then the main characters spend the rest of the book verbally abusing a clerk who wouldn't change their traveller's checks.
The main character reminded me of every annoying expat guy in Asia who thinks he's going to change the world, but then basically just ends up insulting the locals, hanging out with prostitutes, and then whimpers about people not understanding him.
And just when I didn't think I could hate reading about this guy enough, he shared a story about how they had set a cow on fire.
The writing is good and there was some creative aspects of the book, but I just couldn't wait to get it over with.