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Completely bonkers. I am not one to shy away from monstrous, thematically complex doorstops of books; and parts of this book were amazing. I just feel like it suffered from one or two too many “big ideas” and total narrative mayhem - much too long feeling like I was inside the mind of a raving lunatic with no respite.

I am pleased that I stuck with this, but it took me 38 weeks to finish! There were many starts & stops. It was painful at times. I wondered whether Kaufman was on drugs, is crazy, or just the most bizarre human being I‘ve encountered. Some parts were quite funny and clever. I rarely say this, but I think this would make a better movie than book.

10-30-20: My 89th finished book of the 2020! A neurotic film critic meets a filmmaker who has created a movie that takes 3 months to view. When the critic looses the film and what he believes is now he life‘s work, he decides to recreate the film from memory. What ensues is a fever dream of a journey. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ #antkind #charliekaufman 👍🏼📖#️⃣8️⃣9️⃣

10-25-20: Social distancing and reading at the beach 🏖📖

#bookhaul #amazon #hardcovers #jeffvandermeer #davidmitchell #susannaclarke #charliekaufman #harikunzru #tbr

This is my book of the year. I loved it, struggled with it, and thoroughly enjoyed it. Difficult, hilarious, fun, sad, beautiful, and worth the investment of time. I have dealt with my fair share of postmodern literature and metafiction and this book is everything I wished Gravity‘s Rainbow was but isn‘t. Antkind woke me up. I haven‘t posted on Litsy in over a year and this phenomenal, cinematic novel inspired me to do so. Highly recommended.

I watched ‘I‘m thinking of ending things‘ last night and now this beast has pushed its way to the top of my TBR. Apologies to all the recent recs that have been relegated 🙈

“A movie is not only the image on the screen, the sound from the speakers. It is the translation of all this by the brain. It is the social milieu. It is the year you see it, your age, the state of your marriage. It is what happened on the way to the theater, what you expect to happen after, it is who is next to you on each side.”