There were three stages of reading this book:Chapter 1- a half of Chapter 2: I was not sure if I liked it or not. The stream of consciousness nature required a certain reading time from readers to get into the mood of this book.the rest of Chapter 2-a half of Chapter 4: Once I got into the mood, ...
Tao Lin's piece is not a story, nor does it provide some great meaning the reader can come away from. The whole point is the readers experience while reading it. We follow the main character through the mundane, everyday, and not particularly exciting. And even when it is something interesting or...
one of the best novels i've read in recent years. lin captures things about life in our century that no other author has, especially -- as almost all reviewers have mentioned -- the addictive boredom of the internet, which sometimes seems like a barrier or cocoon separating us from experience. fo...
Kind of like Bukowski for Millennial hipsters. No, Bukowski's minimalism was earnest. Lin is more like a young literary Damien Hurst, whose artistry comes ironically from an explicitly anti-art aesthetic. The art is a presence outside the actual artwork; it's how a young writer with a "good Amazo...
There is so much to be said about this book, but at the same time there is not much that really needs to be said. Tao Lin's earnest and honesty throughout this short novel is extremely refreshing, I find his writing to be infectious through its simplicity and at times lack of eloquence. The chara...
