The second half of this book so vastly outranks the first - in characterisation, prose, narrative drive and so on - that it's almost bizarre. I suppose (knowing we're in the hands of a very good writer) it's possible to believe this disjunction is intended, but I would not have persevered beyond ...
For entertainment purposes only, here's a rant/review I posted on my blog in 2010:Lately, I've found myself fighting boredom with boredom. It's sad and infuriating, but reading boring, badly-written, tedious books comes much easier to me these days than anything even bordering on worthwhile or qu...
Disclaimer: I have never read The Catcher in the Rye. I never had to read it for school and I really have no inclination of my own to read it. I did not pick this book up because it was supposed to be like Catcher in the Rye because, obviously, that meant nothing to me. It just sounded mildly ...