kind of disjointed but everything is still illuminated
Completed it at 3:00AM this morning, after about seven days, and I guess I could have taken a shorter time. I just always had to put it down when it (or, I) got too emotional. I also hate reading reviews of books I find completely amazing, or biographies of these writers, only to have them tell me things along the lines of 'meh, he's only okay', or that their previous works were much better.
This one happened to have me feeling mostly sad, and I know it's because I almost always chose to read it just before bed, in that space between just-about-sleeping and actually-sleeping, and it makes me feel vulnerable and emotional (ugh). I thought the way Jonathan Safran Foer (how sexy is his name, really?) brought form into the narrative was brilliant too. Red ink, collapsing words - I never thought I'd see that in a printed novel. Wonder if the Kindle could do that.
Anyway right now the winds are howling and the storm is going crazy and my neighbours' laundry poles are falling all over the place, so it's scary and I really should sleep. I have also decided I am taking a break from reading impossibly tragic books. Although next on the list is Koontz and I hear he is a pro at these psychological thrillers. Not sure if that's any better.