criavolver’s Reviews > The Salt Eaters > Status Update

I am so close! You know why I struggle with this book? A lot of times I am confused with WHAT IS GOING ON - that I re-read passages many times. This book is humbling to say the least. But because of that I haven’t been able to sink into the prose the way I am used to. It’s written experimentally. At times a stream-of-consciousness and others it’s a structured narrative. Is there a pattern? Only the end knows.

This book was written for the poetry lovers. For those visually inclined to street views of people’s lives and emotions. Of the places they visit and the people met in day-to-day life. It just so happens that on this day - a close friend has attempted suicide and the occupants and experiences of the day to day are pulled into examination to understand why. Want to finish this today.

The theme of activism being part of survival and its demand on health has ripped my soul in half.

Fred Holt’s introduction was the most fun I’ve had with a piece of prose this year. This book is a so hard as it not jumps from character to character’s stories but it’s usually taken from an omniscient narrator! Which means we are jumping from mind to mind. It’s so fun but CHALLENGING. I am in heaven.