pickThe book follows Istvan through various stages of his life. He says little more than “yeah” or “okay.” In one sense it‘s easy to read; very short blunt sentences, little in the way of dialogue. In another sense it‘s hard to read; who is Istvan, what is he thinking? Yet of course, this is the point. Definitely a book that benefits reading a review or two as you go along I think. In short - odd and intriguing, glad I read it, glad it‘s finished.
squirrelbrain Great review! 2d
andrew61 Great review, very much how I felt at the end. 2d
ChaoticMissAdventures I am seeing a lot of backlash about this book - a lot about the return to masculinity, and how he is so unemotional - I have not read what Szalay has to say about all that, but I sort of thought the point was how blunt and how hard he is to pin down. I enjoyed this one. It is very different from what I usually read. 1d
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