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There’s a lot of repetition but it’s all to a strong effect, and there are plenty of things happening to keep the story interesting. It’s a long one, though, and I’m feeling the length.

Only 200 pages after reading this for a week - the pages are massive and the text is small, so I’m in deeper than the numbers show. It’s fantastic so far, very focused in comparison to most of Vollmann’s work and full of some of the best characters he’s written. Very dark ideas in here, not an easy read at certain points.

It has its claws in me.

Actually haven’t been looking forward to this one since it seems like such familiar territory for Vollmann. But I’m hoping to be proven wrong, and I’m sure I will be.

This is good but if Reed is just going to rant for 300+ pages then I’m not sure why it needs to be a novel. Maybe some sort of plot will come into play eventually.

Mattie Ross is a legitimate contender for best narrator of all time. I am adoring this.

I’ve only just read the first chapter but I’m getting a good feeling about this one immediately. Will be watching both films when I’m done.

So far not top tier Sorrentino but it’s working for me.

Impossible not to compare everything to the film version and I have to say, Nolan’s cyclops was cool but Homer’s is cooler.

Reaching nearly unbelievable levels of dumb. “Her friendly nipples jiggled” in reference to a random teenager who appears for the span of a single page - the fuck? Why are her nipples even in question here, and how are they friendly? Implying the potential for hostile nipples??