This was difficult and frustrating for me in audio form for about 60% of the book. This was not a problem with the narrator (Joe Barrett), but so many new characters ventured onto center stage and then were suddenly gone that it was hard to keep track of who was who. But by the end I grew very attached to the story...although curiously not attached to the man, main character Phillip Bowman. It felt so incredibly complete a life story by the end that it was satisfying although slightly depressing, and it seemed I had just read what is probably a literary feat. 2.5. Starts out interesting with the main Character, Phillip Bowman, involved in the battle of Okinawa; later we get another vignette about the sinking of the Japanese monster battle ship, Yamamoto. That's all there is for war, folks. then the whole book becomes about Bowman's search for a perfect woman. He has one relationship after another with "absolutely stunning" women; I wonder how he pulls this off. Sure he's said to be good-looking, but he's an average editor and displays no sense of humor. in fact, the whole book is devoid of humor. It was like walking through a thick fog bank the whole time I read this. There are so many characters introduced, I was constantly looking back to remember who this person was and how she fit in. In many new chapters, it's confusing which pronoun is referring to what character--particularly when time shifts several times within one scene. Disappointing. I read this over an eight month period; it was that hard to get through.
What do You think about All That Is (2013)?
Has this guy ever heard of a dash or a semicolon?
—jennyhou2012
Didn't finish it. Couldn't get into it at all.
—alex
Decent. But no frozen seas are broken here
—rdimples
