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10:04 by Ben Lerner
2.5
challenging slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: N/A
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

As someone who just spent a semester studying literary criticism and theory, this book was super interesting. Lots of playing with temporal-spacial narration. The first third of the book, at least, does a ton of interesting things with the craft of literature, and it's pretty cool (though the second half of the novel becomes a little more standard/less experimental). 


As someone who hates reading someone else's self-aggrandizing pretentious bullshit, I hated this novel. 

So, I'll split the difference and rate this one as a 2.5/5.