Await Your Reply is ultimately a tragic story featuring characters who are lost or mentally ill and either want a new start or can't let go of the past. However, I found it hard to sympathize with the three characters whose perspectives the novel shifts between in alternating chapters. As a result I...
Await Your Reply by Dan Chaon is a complete mindf***. That's really the only way I can describe it. Hell, I don't even want to talk too much about it, because... because... it's way too easy to spoil stuff. Way too easy. I will say this. There were two points in this novel where I gasped and said,...
The story starts with three seemingly unconnected narratives. First, that of Ryan, who in the opening scene is being rushed to the hospital with his detached hand. Then also Lucy, recent high school grad running away with her history teacher. Finally, there's Miles, searching for his missing twin br...
Was this book perfect? This book was perfect!!! I loved everything about it. The writing was so spare, barely noticeable but I loved it. The plot: so twisty, but (maybe because of the low-key prose) it didn't feel gimmicky. The characters! I'm pretty sure I was Lucy at 18; I would have cut off my le...
Interesting, captivating read. Overall it's nothing special (and I found several inconsistencies noted below), but interesting idea and compellingly written.After the first few Miles chapters I realized that George Orson was Hayden; I did not figure out that Jay was also Hayden until quite near the...
While the opening scenes and the structure intrigued, I just didn't connect with any of the characters. In fact, they grated on my nerves. WAY gritty for me, and as much as I wanted to hang in for the great reveals sure to come, I couldn't ride along with this bunch anymore.
I wasn't too sure about this one at first. I started reading it and had a hard time getting into the characters and what was happening in their lives. About a third of the way in I caught on and it was very interesting, not just the characters and the story but the IDEA behind the book - who are w...
I was desperate to read a "real" book because my brain was turning to mush. This was perfect; a book that sucked me in with its solid but unpretentious writing and wonderfully drawn characters, its haunting tone, its gripping plot which kept me hooked without being overwrought or overly fast-paced a...
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