Rachel's review
Play It As It Lays: A Novel
by Joan Didion
Rachel's review
Play It As It Lays: A Novel by Joan Didion
Rachel's review
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The apathy in this book is so perfectly illustrated. In one scene the main character starts driving to calm her nerves. She gets to where she can cross a section of the interstate without ever breaking. She eats a hard-boiled egg with one hand. Didion is one of those authors that breathes new life into American 1960's. She doesn't just tell the story of people dropping out and turning on she tells the story of people who are forced to change and can't handle it. I read this book on a drive to Portland and felt so restless and listless all at once. It was so hard to stare out the window of a car into the greenery of Portland after reading about this woman tearing through the desert to cope with the loss of her whole self. Fantastic stuff about gambling here too. The character's backstory is just as rich as her current life is empty.
