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Mason
is on page 363 of 678
Randomly continuing this book after 4 years was a good choice, apparently. Sometimes a fun and digestible read is just what the doctor ordered. I like the style of narration here, omniscience extending to the characters' thoughts while also vaguely alluding to happenings of the future - gives the narrative a historiographic tinge, fictional as it may be.
— Jul 01, 2026 07:53PM
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Mason
is on page 640 of 678
The ending snuck up on me. I like what Chabon is doing here - it feels like the natural conclusion of his method of navigating the characters' histories. The book ends somewhere, but their lives don't. I only wish that Sammy's choice wasn't so sudden, it feels almost uncharacteristic. Maybe I'm just bitter that the book is over.
— Jul 02, 2026 02:41AM
Mason
is on page 506 of 678
These past 100 pages have been gutwrenching to the point where I had to put the book down for a few minutes. Real page-turner, this one is. It's been a 700-page wide hole in my bookshelf for years, and now that I've actually dug into it I'm sad that it's not 4000 pages. I can't remember the last time I've loved a book so much based largely on character and narrative.
— Jul 02, 2026 01:42AM
Mason
is on page 310 of 678
Getting back to this after a few years. Took a while but I'm enjoying it, helps that Joe is a very endearing character. Chabon's prose is very smooth and digestible, makes for a fun read. There's little tidbits of greatness, and the surrounding passages are decent enough as well.
— Jun 29, 2026 11:47PM