Eric
Technically children's lit but every bit as engaging and meaningful as much adult fiction. Wonderful, memorable stories with a grand sweep of anti-church sentiment (the institution more than the belief). Good stuff.
Technically children's lit but every bit as engaging and meaningful as much adult fiction. Wonderful, memorable stories with a grand sweep of anti-church sentiment (the institution more than the belief). Good stuff.
JFC. I'm 60% through, but the "Lunch with Bethany" chapter might be enough for me to quit. The internet is telling me that scenes get even worse from here. I can't believe people are willing to read such horrifying details of violence, torture, and body mutilation.
The juxtaposition of Patrick's obsession with status, brands, music and restaurants against his complete apathy toward murdering people, and the way he and his (rich, white) colleagues are fully interchangeable and mistaken for each other, amount to a very well-done critique of superficial, materialistic 1980s yuppie culture, but I can't read such sickening expositions anymore. And I can't believe so many people seem to be able to.
JFC. I'm 60% through, but the "Lunch with Bethany" chapter might be enough for me to quit. The internet is telling me that scenes get even worse from here. I can't believe people are willing to read such horrifying details of violence, torture, and body mutilation.
The juxtaposition of Patrick's obsession with status, brands, music and restaurants against his complete apathy toward murdering people, and the way he and his (rich, white) colleagues are fully interchangeable and mistaken for each other, amount to a very well-done critique of superficial, materialistic 1980s yuppie culture, but I can't read such sickening expositions anymore. And I can't believe so many people seem to be able to.
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