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A review by soulpopped
Giles Goat-Boy by John Barth
1.0
this is my least favorite book i've ever read.
it's not really fair to the text. i would have stopped very, very, very early on, but we're doing it for the podcast, so i soldiered on.
i can absolutely see how and why people would love this for a number of reasons. unfortunately, none of those resonated with me, and instead of falling deeper and deeper into the story, i became more and more lost and resentful. reading it felt like work, which bummed me out.
it's a perfect storm of things i don't enjoy reading -- the type of writing, the content, the extended metaphor, etc. -- and it was tough to hook into it in any way.
anyway, come listen to how to win the lottery because we're talking about this one soon.
it's not really fair to the text. i would have stopped very, very, very early on, but we're doing it for the podcast, so i soldiered on.
i can absolutely see how and why people would love this for a number of reasons. unfortunately, none of those resonated with me, and instead of falling deeper and deeper into the story, i became more and more lost and resentful. reading it felt like work, which bummed me out.
it's a perfect storm of things i don't enjoy reading -- the type of writing, the content, the extended metaphor, etc. -- and it was tough to hook into it in any way.
anyway, come listen to how to win the lottery because we're talking about this one soon.