Eve’s Reviews > The Book of Luke > Status Update

Less by Andrew Sean Greer, and if i'm not mistaken, that's sort of the point? i don't know i haven't actually read it. but we'll see here if the general malasie bears out to any sort of thematic significance, or if it's just uninteresting writing

him back, so he says yes with very little resistance. if your whole reason for agreeing is the money, why did you not negotiate even once! his husband becomes the posterchild for transphobia, and luke just sorta... goes along with it? diverging- on that topic, i do think that's an interesting conflict to set up and even moreso seeing through the lens of luke's warped pov where this is somehow okay. and his awkward...

you feel angry/sad but only insofar as to that anyone in this situation would have these emotions. i'm not actually feeling them. and so far, things are just happening to him and he's passively reacting instead of controlling his own narrative. he's shuffled onto s1 of endeavor, and other people fold him into their alliance. his husband cheats on him, so he fights for the kids in the custody battle. endeavor asks...

reveal a bit thrilling. i don't know logistically how this would have worked, but i think it would have been even more rewarding to drag it out longer. it's the most emotion this has brought out of me, and it was a blip. the main thing preventing me from loving this is that our main character Luke is very passive both in the narrative and in his own emotions. you find out your husband is cheating on you, and i know..

i'm liking this so far, not loving. the concept is very interesting, i had forgotten the synopsis entirely. "endeavor" is a not-so-subtle rip off of The Challenge, which I'm glad I watched the last season of because it's getting me excited. i liked the little maneuver in the beginning where you (or at least i) don't realize the narrative hasn't actually named the husband for a couple of scenes, which makes the...