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zenithharpink 's review for:
Munmun
by Jesse Andrews
2.5 stars. I really, REALLY didn't enjoy this book. One full star of my rating is due to the originality of the premise. I really didn't know what to expect from this read, but I thought it would be a bit more light-hearted and less...gritty. This book didn't match what I was expecting/hoping for AT ALL.
I really didn't enjoy the prose, it was weird for the sake of being weird, and served no purpose. The word mash-ups were bizarre and annoying, and the ungrammatical sentence structure and misspellings made no sense to me. Here's a question I was forced to ponder: If you're illiterate, when you're thinking in a language, does your mind spell things incorrectly? I don't think it does. Mr. Andrews disagrees.
I found the plot to meandering, with violence and heartbreak inserted just to break up the monotony, but it didn't serve any actual purpose. The ending was unsatisfying on virtually every level, and none of the characters held any real appeal-partly because they were under-developed, partly because they were subpar characters.
I only recommend this book based on the originality of the premise. I think the story construction could have been a lot better, the characters could have been enhanced, and the context could have been much better explained. Read at your own peril, but I do believe it is worth reading. Once.
I really didn't enjoy the prose, it was weird for the sake of being weird, and served no purpose. The word mash-ups were bizarre and annoying, and the ungrammatical sentence structure and misspellings made no sense to me. Here's a question I was forced to ponder: If you're illiterate, when you're thinking in a language, does your mind spell things incorrectly? I don't think it does. Mr. Andrews disagrees.
I found the plot to meandering, with violence and heartbreak inserted just to break up the monotony, but it didn't serve any actual purpose. The ending was unsatisfying on virtually every level, and none of the characters held any real appeal-partly because they were under-developed, partly because they were subpar characters.
I only recommend this book based on the originality of the premise. I think the story construction could have been a lot better, the characters could have been enhanced, and the context could have been much better explained. Read at your own peril, but I do believe it is worth reading. Once.