Well, it has ups and downs.The book is written in short vignettes, which works well for me. It's an interesting way to write autobiography because it allows you to focus on only the parts that are interesting or engaging. But I started feeling like the book fell in a trap where the vignettes seemed a little too disconnected, and they start to have little meaning to the reader though it's clear that they are significant to the writer. Especially the parts about girls. I coudn't keep them straight, nor did I really care to. I don't keep in touch with most of my exes, so why would I want to add someone else's to my life?
The book was mostly about the author's twenties, it seemed like, which is a pretty boring part of someone's life. And that's coming from someone in his twenties. I have some shit I could write about, some girlfriend issues and so on, but I don't think it's that interesting. If you recorded yourself talking to a girl you were interested in every year in your twenties and then listened to the tapes on your birthday, you'd be depressed as hell.
I guess, ultimately, I felt like these were important events in the life of the author, but he didn't really take us to a place where I felt like I knew him. He's like the older kid in high school who you know all about but never hung out with.
No comments:
Post a Comment