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Taipei

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by Tao Lin (Goodreads Author)

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I want to ask to those who liked the novel... why do you like it? I don't want to be confrontational but to me it's just a really boring story with bland style and no real depth on what is being narrated. Don't get me wrong I get most of the things I don't like are intentional but I really can't find any value on it.
Jakob I think I liked it cause it does have some key moments of reflection and surreal/transcendent descriptions, and dialogue that gave the narration some …moreI think I liked it cause it does have some key moments of reflection and surreal/transcendent descriptions, and dialogue that gave the narration some worth. And being a contemporary book, and myself being around Pauls's age, gave it some relevance. I agree it's kinda bland and felt annoyed with all the details (you can almost tell he wrote while on Adderal). While the actions are bland, they kinda are similar to what we do in real life, like what really exciting thing has ever happened to you? (besides pandemic). And so I think it's a very information-age novel, kinda written like a blog, kinda useless, which is unique and stands for its time. Also, I thought this was similar to The Sun Also Rises by Hemingway, where the characters just party and drink and complications in character, or boredom from the fun create drama and we consider that shit a classic. I'm not saying this a classic tho....anyways! (less)
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