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A review by anniemariek
My Favorite Band Does Not Exist by Robert T. Jeschonek
2.0
Being trapped in a bad book can be a nightmare. Just ask An--wait. That's not my name on the inside cover? Oh. (And I'm still not convinced the back cover won't murder me. I need to get this out of the house.)
So, again with the "being trapped in a bad book" thing. Was Fireskull's Revenant, the novel "inside" of My Favorite Band Does Not Exist (I know, it's all very Inception), supposed to be a bad book? I'd feel much better if the answer was yes, because I didn't enjoy reading about those parts.
I didn't particularly enjoy the rest of it, either. The idea was awesome--a hugely popular band that's actually an internet hoax, a teenager with a disorder that makes them believe they are a fictional character, etc. I loved the ways the stories intertwined, but that's about all I liked.
The rest of it was just...bizarre. I have a high tolerance for weirdness in books, but there's weirdness, and then there's...random weirdness. This weirdness made no sense and was jarring. So many lines popped up like this: "Eurydice pulled a dodo bird burger out of the bag and tossed it on the bed beside him." This was me:
Lines like this were incredibly disorienting. I understand that this was an alternate reality, but this came out of nowhere and I spent five minutes being confused. And also, the writing was awkward and repeated itself over and over.
Similar Books: It has the same ideas of disjointed reality as The Marbury Lens or Every Day, to a lesser extent. It also reminds me of The Obsidian Blade.
So, again with the "being trapped in a bad book" thing. Was Fireskull's Revenant, the novel "inside" of My Favorite Band Does Not Exist (I know, it's all very Inception), supposed to be a bad book? I'd feel much better if the answer was yes, because I didn't enjoy reading about those parts.
I didn't particularly enjoy the rest of it, either. The idea was awesome--a hugely popular band that's actually an internet hoax, a teenager with a disorder that makes them believe they are a fictional character, etc. I loved the ways the stories intertwined, but that's about all I liked.
The rest of it was just...bizarre. I have a high tolerance for weirdness in books, but there's weirdness, and then there's...random weirdness. This weirdness made no sense and was jarring. So many lines popped up like this: "Eurydice pulled a dodo bird burger out of the bag and tossed it on the bed beside him." This was me:
Lines like this were incredibly disorienting. I understand that this was an alternate reality, but this came out of nowhere and I spent five minutes being confused. And also, the writing was awkward and repeated itself over and over.
Similar Books: It has the same ideas of disjointed reality as The Marbury Lens or Every Day, to a lesser extent. It also reminds me of The Obsidian Blade.