lindseysparks 's review for:

Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner

DID NOT FINISH

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I made it about two thirds of the way through and just don't see the point in finishing. I loved The Sound and the Fury, so I'm surprised by how much I disliked this. It just feels like a mess and the experimental aspect is just boring this time - what's he doing that he didn't already do? It also seemed weird and unnecessary to me to revisit Quentin...I was so confused when I started this and saw he was a character and had to double check that he is the same Quentin from The Sound and the Fury. This felt like a retread to me in a lot of ways. Maybe it was bad timing on my part, but I just could not get into it. I especially hate this because I bought my copy at the bookstore in his old house in New Orleans. At least I liked Soldier's Pay, which I bought on the same trip.