This huge tome was to keep folk busy over the Christmas two month break. With a couple of exceptions what kept most people busy were the emails about how they were struggling with the book to the point that most gave up. One avid reader was intending to keep reading on but unfortunately became discouraged by the email traffic.
One enthusiastic reader was thoroughly enjoying the novel and finding it a 'laugh out loud' experience. She had not finished the novel but was very keen to do so.She could not wait to see how everything turned out. Most had read and then even flicked through, trying to see if the novel improved but usually without further encouragement. They found the style very difficult and Joshua Cohen's fondness for creating new words and his own vocabulary created confusion rather than clarity. The vast majority came to the conclusion that life was too short to spend time with these characters. One of our readers hopes to return to the novel at a later date but most were keen to toss it aside and leave it behind.
We move to the migrant camps of Israel for our next read, Ronit Matalon's The Sound of our Steps.
I'll include more information on this novel in the next post. It'll be interesting to hear folks' experience of this next novel.
Keep on reading........
