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A review by casskrug
The Novelist by Jordan Castro
3.5
picking up your phone and putting it down and picking up your phone and opening social media and scrolling mindlessly and putting your phone down and picking it up again is so real!
the novelist follows a writer throughout the course of a morning, as he tries to work on his novel. much of it is the narrator spiraling about how tethered we are to our phones and social media, even when we don’t want to be - definitely felt called out by that! especially when i would stop reading the book so i could tap around on my phone! a good chunk of it is about the narrator going to the bathroom, another chunk of it is the narrator calling out things that he takes issue with in the literary scene and politics.
i really enjoyed the discussion about social media, the insight into how much of a slog the writing process can be, and the mundane details that make up a slow morning. thought the bathroom stuff was funny. felt unsure about the ethical and political conversation that was taking place. that section really started to grate on me after a while, personally, and i find that i just don’t have many thoughts on the ideas that were presented.
3.5 stars for me - it was a fun, quick read that i enjoyed while i was in it, but i’m not sure how much it will stick with me now that it’s over.
the novelist follows a writer throughout the course of a morning, as he tries to work on his novel. much of it is the narrator spiraling about how tethered we are to our phones and social media, even when we don’t want to be - definitely felt called out by that! especially when i would stop reading the book so i could tap around on my phone! a good chunk of it is about the narrator going to the bathroom, another chunk of it is the narrator calling out things that he takes issue with in the literary scene and politics.
i really enjoyed the discussion about social media, the insight into how much of a slog the writing process can be, and the mundane details that make up a slow morning. thought the bathroom stuff was funny. felt unsure about the ethical and political conversation that was taking place. that section really started to grate on me after a while, personally, and i find that i just don’t have many thoughts on the ideas that were presented.
3.5 stars for me - it was a fun, quick read that i enjoyed while i was in it, but i’m not sure how much it will stick with me now that it’s over.