A review by taicantfly
A Companion to the Crying of Lot 49 by J. Kerry Grant

challenging informative medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.25

Solid companion text, going over some symbolism I'd missed, expanding themes I hadn't with well compiled quotations, explaining entropy as a metaphor solidly, providing some literary context for the book. Very solid, but missing embellishment on some of the clues I found elsewhere (e.g. the book as a reading on JFK, the Torquato Tasso theory, the discussion of language's inability to reliably express reality), instead maybe overrelying on a reading that discusses allusions and mythology.

On a side note, I really liked the formatting?