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gaydog's review
5.0
"There was no music that could reach the disheveled air of that wildly remote geography, which ever since has been nothing but rough images to me, but in the moment encircled me with its entirely plausible weight, perhaps more plausible than my entire life had been until then."
pearloz's review
3.0
Well, this felt like a fever dream as it jumped from scene to scene. Entire years disappear in a paragraph--how long was he in that asylum? Long enough for the baby of the woman he slept with in an early section was old enough to be placed in that asylum. He becomes her father figure as she attempts to become an actor and he wants to reignite his career? There's a boy--near the end, leads him to Harmada, a person. I don't know.
zellm's review
1.0
This was honestly terrible. Weird but not in any meaningful way, and no logic or plot to speak of. The main character is awful and creepy and it's never addressed.
nautically's review
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
4.0
I honestly don’t know what I just read, but it was enjoyable while reading.
dreesreads's review against another edition
2.0
The description on the back cover is not what I got from this book at all.
Several episodes in the life of a man. He wakes in the mud and seems as confused as me reading it. He is an actor; he works in an office and marries the boss's daughter--and then leaves when he dies; he lives in a shelter. Meets the orphaned daughter of an actress he met once, and takes her in. Encourages her acting dreams, they move in with an old friend of his in Harmada. She moves in with her boyfriend. The narrator gets his own apartment and finds a deaf mute boy there, who takes him to meet a man with the same name as the city's founder.
So, yeah. I have no idea what this all meant.
Several episodes in the life of a man. He wakes in the mud and seems as confused as me reading it. He is an actor; he works in an office and marries the boss's daughter--and then leaves when he dies; he lives in a shelter. Meets the orphaned daughter of an actress he met once, and takes her in. Encourages her acting dreams, they move in with an old friend of his in Harmada. She moves in with her boyfriend. The narrator gets his own apartment and finds a deaf mute boy there, who takes him to meet a man with the same name as the city's founder.
So, yeah. I have no idea what this all meant.
apollonium's review
adventurous
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
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