Arcade Fire and January Books

[metalkpretty]

I just bought tickets to see Arcade Fire at the end of April.  I'm annoyed though because I got general admission floor tickets, but then when I went to buy them, I lost them.  Then I got decent seats, and when I tried to buy those, I lost them too.  Finally, after many more tries, I was able to buy tickets.  The seats don't seem that great, but

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[library_of_sex]

I thought the Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake had such an intriguing and potentially powerful premise, but the author just got lost and scattered. The thing with the brother was just plain stupid, IMO, too. I was like, "Oooo-kay. Whatever the fuck you say, Aimee Bender. Get off the crackpipe, lady."

[metalkpretty]

Yes, the premise did sound really interesting. I think that's partially why the book made me angry; it could have been something cool, but Bender did nothing with it. I was also expecting a more lighthearted and magical book and got a sad, boring one instead.

I wish Bender would have explained the whole brother thing more, but I don't know if that would have really improved the book at all. I was curious as to when and how he discovered his power. I wanted to know how it worked - the process involved in becoming furniture. I also wanted to know more about his struggles and thoughts and how he felt about his life, so I could better understand why he preferred being a chair. Maybe if Bender had provided more explanation, the brother's power wouldn't have seemed so random and strange. Now that I think about it...probably not. I just can't get over how stupid it was.

[library_of_sex]

Yeah, it just felt so random to me. Oh, the dude disappears a lot, but guess what? He's never really gone. He just TURNS INTO FURNITURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WTF?!

Pretty much the only thing I enjoyed about the novel was reading about my own neighborhood. Just about every place mentioned in the book (with the exception of the restaurant that the protagonist works at) is real and mostly a few blocks from where I've lived all my life.

[metalkpretty]

Hehe, at least the whole turning into furniture thing makes me laugh now when I think about it. I don't think I'll ever get over it.

If there was a book that took place in my neighborhood, I would definitely read it. I guess it would be disappointing to read about it in a shitty book though. The restaurant that she worked at actually sounded interesting; too bad it's not real!