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Remainder by Tom McCarthy
3.0
Well, that was weird.
And, if you decide to read it, I actually believe that this is weird in a way you haven't encountered weird in a novel before.
Re-enactors. Liver lady. Pianist. Motorbike enthusiast. Cats on a roof. More re-enacting and re-enactors.
If you want to read a novel with a protagonist who 1) has a name and 2) you care about/like, this is not the novel you want to read. If you want to read a novel with a protagonist you will sometimes laugh at (e.g. coffee moments) and understand/not understand at all (even though you sort of understand the way his twisted mind works) which is also a novel that makes you think about language and the mind in ways you wouldn't otherwise...maybe you want to read this.
This and Disgrace, which I read for the same class and recommend more than I do this novel, both contain one thing that bothers me in any story (book, film, life):
I do think that writers, particularly writers thinking about literary analysis, may appreciate this book more than non-writers. Did I like this book? Enough to give it a 3-star review, yes. Did I like the ending? No. Did the ending feel true to the character? Yes, definitely.
And, if you decide to read it, I actually believe that this is weird in a way you haven't encountered weird in a novel before.
Re-enactors. Liver lady. Pianist. Motorbike enthusiast. Cats on a roof. More re-enacting and re-enactors.
If you want to read a novel with a protagonist who 1) has a name and 2) you care about/like, this is not the novel you want to read. If you want to read a novel with a protagonist you will sometimes laugh at (e.g. coffee moments) and understand/not understand at all (even though you sort of understand the way his twisted mind works) which is also a novel that makes you think about language and the mind in ways you wouldn't otherwise...maybe you want to read this.
This and Disgrace, which I read for the same class and recommend more than I do this novel, both contain one thing that bothers me in any story (book, film, life):
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animals die.I do think that writers, particularly writers thinking about literary analysis, may appreciate this book more than non-writers. Did I like this book? Enough to give it a 3-star review, yes. Did I like the ending? No. Did the ending feel true to the character? Yes, definitely.