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Back half of the book is a thrill-ride. I really enjoyed the musicality of Eugenides's writing, but dislike the forced mythic conclusion to the book that falls into the trope the narrator dismissed the journalist for. I am sad the conclusion was as oblique as it was, but I also believe it to be the most fitting. Excellent narrative of the suburban, post baby-boomer experience.
— Jan 08, 2018 11:01PM
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Fast. Jeff E. is a great observer of the suburban American experience. His characters are written in a way that reflects what they value (parked next to an elm stump, no sap). He also uses a trick of assaulting the readers senses with a blistering amount of stuff, which i think is why it reads quickly and intoxicatingly.
— Jan 06, 2018 11:35AM
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I'm not sure what to make of the first chapter, whether it's engrossing because it's genuinely fantastic, or if it's the trap of a grotesque horror playing out with a casual plainness of speech. Either way, I'm hooked.
— Jan 02, 2018 03:13PM
