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Embarrassed to like this as much as I do. It’s great. Hate self for slicing to hate the love of this egomaniac genius blofiational greenblirgh. I’ve been drinking. Great book tho. He reads it.

Grisly

Really nice turnaround in feel at about the halfway point. Curious where it will go...

This book reminds me of seeing the movie the tree of life by Terrence Malick—only a little ways in but I can tell it is special. It is also especially writerly. My impression is this is a writers writer. This is my first Powers book. It will not be my last.

Couldn't finish. Got too raw. Unenjoyable. Limit to gross-out and blue-out verbiage.

This is part Garrison Keillor, part southern gothic, part Southern Baptist sermon about 50 pages in. I am listening on audio book.

Had to quit at 25%. The narration was entirely distracting and unpleasant to me. I love the interview on Other People Podcast with author. I will find him again down the road.

Well-written downer.

Way sadder and better than I imagined. Huck's father is a great ancestor of Dwight Yoakham's 'Doyle' in SLINGBLADE (1996)

At first I was worried I'd wandered into a feminine scorched earth that would not be particularly satisfying. Wrong. There are some stories that can only be described as "human". This is such. I wonder what the second half of the book will bring--because I know more than I could have imagined about a particular emotional abyss. This is interesting stuff. That the author is reading---adds to the drama.

So enjoying this read -- writing is sparse, sometimes cold. Pleasantly efficient. Some Scarlet Letter/Tess D'Urbeville in early chapters. All much affecting thus far.

So enjoying this read -- writing is sparse, sometimes cold. Pleasantly efficient. Some Scarlet Letter/Tess D'Urbeville in early chapters. All much affecting this far.

As fascinating as I'd hoped thus far

I sincerely love this book. I understand the criticisms of it not being hugely actionable and perhaps overly observationable. But it is interested in a variety of cultural commentary -- I am finding these bits compelling and creative and uplifting, especially characterization around class and money. This satisfies what I want in post-modern literature. A lot of DFW, Jeff Eugenides, and Chuck Klosterman-bits.

I sincerely love this book. I understand the criticisms of it not hugely actionable and perhaps overly observationable. But it is interested in a variety of cultural commentary -- I am finding these bits compelling and creative and uplifting, especially characterization around class and money.

Really, really enjoying this so far

I love how this story gives deep drama and troubled characters through three distinct times and places--the 17th century Netherlands, the 1950s old money New York City, and the 2000s in Sydney, AUS. All is linked through a single painting.

Writing is quite weak so far--using extensive swearwords--just plain boring after a point, dammit.

So far, author Eben Alexander brought a lot of intellect to this follow-up. I am really enjoying the philosophical heft here. Some nice ideas on consciousness this far.