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"Tao Lin writes from moods that less radical writers would let pass--from laziness, from vacancy, from boredom. And it turns out that his report from these places is moving and necessary, not to mention frequently hilarious."
--Miranda July, author of "No One Belongs Here More Than You"
--Miranda July, author of "No One Belongs Here More Than You"
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A startlingly original voice announces itself in these award-winning stories. College students, recent graduates and their parents work at Denny's, volunteer at a library in suburban Florida, attend satanic ska/punk concerts, eat Chinese food with the homeless and visit the same Japanese restaurant in Manhattan thrice in two sleepless days, all while yearning for love, a better kind of love, or something better than love, things which - much like the Loch Ness monster - they know probably do not exist but are rumored to exist and therefore ""good enough"".
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I haven't genuinely cringed whilst reading a book in a long time, but boy, did this book make me! Absolutely stuffed full of pretentious hot air and "artsy" superficial nonsense, all taking itself so seriously! Tao Lin seems to think that throwing in a few obscure words and bouncing from one ridiculous scenario to the next will mask that this book has absolutely no substance. This book personifies the vacuous so called "art culture" on my generation. But hey, this is only my opinion; I'll give you a direct quote from the book, opened at any random page, and let you make up your own minds!
"All of life seemed just to be one thing-one slap-dash'ed, stuffed turkey of a thing, flying out of the oven and into the night, into orbit; something once familiar and under control, but now just out there, unknown, by itself, charred and brainless and rarely glimpsed"
So deep, Tao Lin, so very deep.
And yes, a sentence of that length is entirely typical within this book, which made wading through the bull that little bit harder.
I'm truly sorry that some of my money is now in his hands. Don't make the same mistake.
"All of life seemed just to be one thing-one slap-dash'ed, stuffed turkey of a thing, flying out of the oven and into the night, into orbit; something once familiar and under control, but now just out there, unknown, by itself, charred and brainless and rarely glimpsed"
So deep, Tao Lin, so very deep.
And yes, a sentence of that length is entirely typical within this book, which made wading through the bull that little bit harder.
I'm truly sorry that some of my money is now in his hands. Don't make the same mistake.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Didn't make it through this collection of short stories. The stories are totally forgettable; they are peopled by the most uninteresting two dimentsional charactors i have ever come across in any piece of literature. Lin seems to limit the charactors personalities to pretentious, banal musings that just came across as ill-thought-out, flippant waffle; and tries to hammer these home with ridiculous metaphors. I think Lin is trying to convince us of some really fascinating inner-world that simply doesn't exist.
SAVE YOUR MONEY.
There is nothing to see here.
SAVE YOUR MONEY.
There is nothing to see here.
8 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I really enjoyed this book, i think. I keep telling friends to read it and recommending it all over the place but I cant really get a reason why pinned down. All I can think to say is that it made me laugh and put me in a really desperate mood at the same time. Also three weeks after reading it I still catch myself thinking about the characters and their stories which can only be a good thing right? Part of me thinks 30 might be the age limit for this book as I should hope by that age id come to terms with a lot of the things that bother me in the world and this book might seem a bit pointless but if your still young enough to enjoy pondering the important things in life then this book should get you started. I really enjoy his style of writing. It feels like you are getting uncensored acess to the characters as Tao doesnt just write their line of thought he writes every single felleting thought which reveals a lot more. its kind on meaningless and deep at the same time.
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