I've been unable to get through The Long Way To A Small Angry Planet, and have yet to start on Wolf in White Van. Of all the rest, I read Lila when it was released.
― Jaq, Tuesday, 7 December 2021 17:35 (two years ago) link
I'm actually not going w the Ferrante here at the quartet finish line---great fireworks and momentum increases, w perfect punchline for whole sequence---also Lila is great, a detour life in the Gilead cycle, w that migrant worker subculture, which started w colonizing of North American, probably, but I've never seen it in fiction before, not in pre-Grapes of Wrath/Great Depression times, w GD just another thing for these people---but Wolf In White Van is a genius move if anything is, that kind of magnetic focus and force, and maybe uniquely so in fiction that tries to deal w these thematic elements---JD will long be remembered/is known for this by even by those who don't know or care about The Mountain Goats, and it's as least as strong as any of his music(I say this as somebody who first got into the chain o' tapes in early 90s). A unique reading experience for me, unlike components of Neapolitan and Gilead sequences)(Will have to re-read Universal Harvester and looking fwd to Devil House)
― dow, Tuesday, 7 December 2021 18:06 (two years ago) link
But here's hoping for another tie, three-way split, even.
― dow, Tuesday, 7 December 2021 18:08 (two years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Thursday, 9 December 2021 00:01 (two years ago) link
went with JD even tho I've read a few on this list. i loved it while reading it, and then loaned it to a friend who never returned it. meanwhile, i have her copy of a different book, which is now worth some money. strange how those things work.
― we need outrage! we need dicks!! (the table is the table), Thursday, 9 December 2021 00:28 (two years ago) link
strong year. i'm reading the atticus lish right now and loving it. also enjoyed 'annihilation' (but couldn't make it through the second one in the series). voted for 'outline' though. maybe this is just me bc i feel like the reviews i've read didn't acknowledge its humour but i find her frequently hilarious
― flopson, Thursday, 9 December 2021 01:56 (two years ago) link
The only one I've read is "Wolf in White Van", but happy to vote for it.
― o. nate, Tuesday, December 7, 2021 11:03 AM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
This book absolutely haunted me because of the evocation of childhood damage and early rpgs.
― ma dmac's fury road (PBKR), Thursday, 9 December 2021 02:44 (two years ago) link
I saw this negative review of WiWV a few days ago: http://adamcadre.ac/calendar/17/17471.html
i still like it
― adam t. (abanana), Thursday, 9 December 2021 02:51 (two years ago) link
This reminded me I need to read "Universal Harvester".
― o. nate, Thursday, 9 December 2021 15:59 (two years ago) link
It keep me reading, thinking, but seemed more diffuse than WWIWV, although---a lot of things are---deserves rereading--and even if I still don't get it overall, there will still be a lot of pleasures along the way, incl. sensuous--- eventually, I started having the sensation of walking around the contents of a silo, purchase constantly, minutely shifting (more Arthur Russell than Mountain Goats)---and then dang if there isn't a silo in there---and much more--
― dow, Thursday, 9 December 2021 19:29 (two years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Friday, 10 December 2021 00:01 (two years ago) link
Wherein We Elect Our Favourite Novels of 2015
― Daniel_Rf, Friday, 10 December 2021 17:48 (two years ago) link