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Jun 13, 2007
Becca Becca
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I felt like this was one of those books where you kind of start getting drunk on the words and then you begin to think everything is super deep and has about 100 meanings and everything is interconnected. Then you start reading every sentence about 5 times and get lost in a daydream about how everything is related to waste, nuclear energy, more waste, and nuns.
When you finish the book you feel like you've gone on a journey but it's hard to talk about it and your not really sure exactly what hap ...more
When you finish the book you feel like you've gone on a journey but it's hard to talk about it and your not really sure exactly what hap ...more
I finally finished this one. If you need a strong plot, you won't be able to read this book. However, even at over 800 pages, I thought it was pretty enjoyable. It moves backwards in time and follows several characters. It changes viewpoint frequently and often goes into a stream-of-consciousness style. It covers topics like art, garbage, chess, teaching, homelessness, graffiti, and nuclear weapons. It is a really interesting study of how a person develops and matures over time.
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Ugh. This book is 800+ pages of disjointed random dribble. For some reason I was determined to finish this, although I kept waiting for it to "get good" or "get interesting." I felt no connection to the characters and the ministories making up the book started and ended so randomly you wonder why they were written at all. Don't waste your time.
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I found this book to read so much faster than I I guessed it would take. The book essentially starts in the the present and goes back in time which is an interesting manner to get to know the characters in the snapshot portrayals.
Nov 15, 2007
Betsy
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Nov 24, 2008
Arianna
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Dec 05, 2009
Tiffany
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Feb 15, 2013
nawir nawir
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Jul 08, 2013
Jayme Pendergraft
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Jun 19, 2018
Syd
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Jamie
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