by Jonathan Lethem
Jonathan Lethem is the writer I love to hate. hmm. maybe that's a bit strong. I suppose I just have some residual ill feeling because I was forced to read Motherless Brooklyn for an English seminar. today, years later, I guess [b:Motherless Brooklyn|328854|Motherless Brooklyn|Jonathan Lethem|http://...
I really, really loved the first 300 pages of this novel. I think that's a common refrain. Lethem manages to capture Brooklyn in the 70s and the way it feels to be a kid. Its as beautiful as the sunsets you remember from being 8 years old. It's a little crazy too - but mostly it's just a terrifi...
"Particularly brilliant is the novel’s first half detailing the main character’s childhood growing up in Gowanus/ Boerum Hill on the cusp of its gentrification. Lethem has a gift for capturing character’s personalities and nuances, be it the delicate dance of getting “yolked” or the hollers of “Yo” ...
After reading and loving two of Lethem's other works (Motherless Brooklyn and Gun, with Occasional Music, to be specific), I was kind of disappointed by this one. My rating is really somewhere between two and three stars, but I decided to round up.I can't really pinpoint what I didn't like about thi...
I mention this book in this review:http://mewlhouse.hubpages.com/_1qsqsuzy8itx3/hub/A-Time-For-Fists
Loses a tiny bit of momentum 2/3 of the way through with an abrupt shift in time and person, but gets it back in time for the end. Terrific book.
this book is the bane of my existence!! i found the writing confusing. i cannot connect with it or the story at all. i literally skimmed pages of it because i wanted it to end for i cannot endure the torture of reading this kind of style for too long. i don't care if it gets great reviews, i just li...
If you already like Jonathan Lethem this book is pretty good. Don't read it first is my advice.
I went into this book with high hopes ... Lethem is one of my favorite authors and the glowing praise on the cover had me sold. Unfortunately, this book grows tedious by the end of the first part, and basically continues in a drug-induced stupor until the end. I'm all for a good "growing up and expe...
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