Jess’s Reviews > Dhalgren > Status Update

Wow am I really this close to the end? It'll still be a few weeks probably but progress!

I think the most disturbing part of this story remains the fact that the primary characters are often described as dirt-encrusted and almost never described as bathing. Like the single shoe thing, I'm sure it's symbolic, but I still get second-hand sensory upset

Kid seems likeable and generally easy-going but I am starting to realize that he's not really a good guy

This is going a lot faster now I've figured out how to read it

I am finally past the 22% mark (i was stuck there for a few months)

I first became aware of this book in my 20s and for a lot of reasons (immaturity, racism) am glad I left this on the shelf at the library instead of trying it then. I wouldn't have understood it, and would have judged either the book or myself harshly because of that. Now I'm older and less confident/arrogant about expecting the world to be understandable to me