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alybean's review
3.0
I won this book through Goodreads giveaways. Like many others who have reviewed this book I didn't "get it" either but still found it rather enjoyable in it's weirdness and highly enjoyed the illustrations (I have to say honesty I entered because of the octopus on the cover). I will probably go back and reread the book now that I know more of what to expect but it definitely is not a book for most of the readers that I know.
mckenzierichardson's review
3.0
So weird... in the best possible way. This was such a cool book. What an adventure. I loved the mixed media and the bizarre descriptions. It was quite interesting. Quick read, but gives the reader plenty to ponder.
deirdrekoala's review
5.0
Reading [b:The Inevitable June|20789464|The Inevitable June|Bob Schofield|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1392160811s/20789464.jpg|40127584] is like being in a lucid dream with really good-smelling paper. [a:Bob Schofield|7843320|Bob Schofield|https://www.goodreads.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-d9f6a4a5badfda0f69e70cc94d962125.png] takes an unnamed narrator day-by-day through a surreal month—sometimes in paragraphs, sometimes in images, sometimes both.
Certain days in Schofield's June felt like my own dreams, half-remembered. In other passages, Schofield's imagery felt so radically foreign that I had to read the sentences over and over, building the image in my head as if from scratch. That isn't what sentences usually do, by the way—ask you/force you to build an image from scratch. Schofield doesn't give us a new phrasing of a familiar image or idea; he gives us a new image. For example, "This morning I am emptying my inner monologue over the grass." Or "Some blankets fly overhead as I swallow another closet."
In an interview, Schofield said the book is "not a secret message to be decrypted.” This is an appropriate, or at least relaxing, thought—why would I want to decrypt anything when I could be swept along through a hypnagogic visualization of June without forcing myself into Jungian dream analysis? I’m concerned about June 2014, now. It’s inevitable—sure—but it won’t be this good.
Certain days in Schofield's June felt like my own dreams, half-remembered. In other passages, Schofield's imagery felt so radically foreign that I had to read the sentences over and over, building the image in my head as if from scratch. That isn't what sentences usually do, by the way—ask you/force you to build an image from scratch. Schofield doesn't give us a new phrasing of a familiar image or idea; he gives us a new image. For example, "This morning I am emptying my inner monologue over the grass." Or "Some blankets fly overhead as I swallow another closet."
In an interview, Schofield said the book is "not a secret message to be decrypted.” This is an appropriate, or at least relaxing, thought—why would I want to decrypt anything when I could be swept along through a hypnagogic visualization of June without forcing myself into Jungian dream analysis? I’m concerned about June 2014, now. It’s inevitable—sure—but it won’t be this good.
kt_biggz's review
4.0
I received this book as part of a Goodreads First Reads giveaway.
I don't even know where to begin with this book. I read the entire thing in one (very short) sitting and thoroughly enjoyed it. The only thing is that I'm not really sure that I completely understood it. The illustrations were simple and beautiful and completed the prose. I loved the book's quirkiness and unpredictability - it's completely different to anything I've ever read before. I think it's the kind of book that I will re-read again and again and see new things in it every time, and that it will definitely stand up to re-reading. I'll also have to get a few friends to read it as well, it is the kind of book that you could talk about and dissect for hours. Really enjoyed the whirlwind of reading it!
I don't even know where to begin with this book. I read the entire thing in one (very short) sitting and thoroughly enjoyed it. The only thing is that I'm not really sure that I completely understood it. The illustrations were simple and beautiful and completed the prose. I loved the book's quirkiness and unpredictability - it's completely different to anything I've ever read before. I think it's the kind of book that I will re-read again and again and see new things in it every time, and that it will definitely stand up to re-reading. I'll also have to get a few friends to read it as well, it is the kind of book that you could talk about and dissect for hours. Really enjoyed the whirlwind of reading it!
alyssaj1981's review
3.0
I won this book through Goodreads giveaways. Like many others who have reviewed this book I didn't "get it" either but still found it rather enjoyable in it's weirdness and highly enjoyed the illustrations (I have to say honesty I entered because of the octopus on the cover). I will probably go back and reread the book now that I know more of what to expect but it definitely is not a book for most of the readers that I know.
michaelmaiello's review
5.0
There's nothing quite like this. The prose is crisp the illustrations are great and this romp through a fever dream of June just feels right. I am left with glass airplanes, the notion that timing was once everything in Brazil and the constant presence of Octopi. What's in Bob Schofield's head will help you explore what's in your own. This is unique. Truly unique. I am going to try rereading it, one chapter a day, in actual June.
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