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joshuacwhite 's review for:
Look at Me
by Jennifer Egan
A strong three-star read.
The beginning was slow and one of the characters was hard for me to be interested in for awhile. About a third of the way through the book, it really started to take off for me. Jennifer Egan creates a fascinating company that feels just a few years beyond our times, and I found myself morbidly realizing that it doesn't feel unreal at all.
The ending left something to be desired-not in action, but in central idea. A character reveals his thought-process that had led him from a promising future, to dark, depressing, disappointment-laden present, and it seems both broadly generic and slightly ambiguous; certainly not something that would have led a man to become unraveled.
It's an enjoyable read with some big-ideas.
The beginning was slow and one of the characters was hard for me to be interested in for awhile. About a third of the way through the book, it really started to take off for me. Jennifer Egan creates a fascinating company that feels just a few years beyond our times, and I found myself morbidly realizing that it doesn't feel unreal at all.
The ending left something to be desired-not in action, but in central idea. A character reveals his thought-process that had led him from a promising future, to dark, depressing, disappointment-laden present, and it seems both broadly generic and slightly ambiguous; certainly not something that would have led a man to become unraveled.
It's an enjoyable read with some big-ideas.