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, I was so drawn to this book, which felt like achieving a soul mate in life. I became a bit sad as I marched towards the end of the book. I wondered if I could find a book like this to which I related so much.the rest if the book: I just wanted to finish it. The parameters of this internal dialog are very interesting: minutely observed details of the nonverbal communications surrounding any kind of conversation and a constant shifting in and out of layers of self-consciousness and the unavoidable irony of engaging with the terms of consensus reality.The events and the relationships per se are not very interesting. At least not to me. There is a certain amount of insight into how people interact at this level, with that distant note of desperation produced by the vibration of a personality unsure it wants to be heard or engaged with. But that alone won't carry me through the book.
Not a joy to read but pretty good to talk about.
—manuel1
This guy does WAY too many drugs!
—abby
This shit "is not for me."
—Pavi7
