All done with Goon Squad

So, I just finished. Like Melissa, I never fell in love. Still, the novel kept me interested all the way through. The PowerPoint stuff was a nice touch, I guess, considering that it was from a teenager and that totally seems like something a teenager would write.

As a person who likes to write, I always admire authors who are willing to take on an experimental narrative structure, and I would put this novel in the experimental category, at least in that aspect. There were many times, however, that I don't quite think she pulled it off. She lingered on certain strains and characters that I found dull, and tip-toed over others that I found fascinating. The interconnectedness though space, time, and geography pulled together in the end...but just barely.

So, hooray for a novel that kept me on my toes. I feel about this novel like I feel about the TV show Lost: it was cool and different, but ultimately it left me with a lot of unanswered questions...and not necessarily in a thinky-that's deep-wow kind of way.

A Visit From the Goon Squad. hmmm

I finished this book.  I never fell in love.  The powerpoint section...not sure about that.  On a side note, I have been using prezi.com after one of my students used it for a presentation.  Makes slide shos much more visually interesting than powerpoint. 

A Visit From the Goon Squad

I've read to about page 75.  The characters are interesting.  The narration style varies chapter to chapter.  The first and second sections are 3rd person limited and then the third is 1st person and the next is third person omniscient.  I'm not sure I've ever read a book set up this way.  I'm still not sure how into it I am though.