![]() ![]() ![]() Jennifer Egan created a work of disorganised chaos, with a lot of careful planning and disruption to the standard novel format. The best review I can give is that knowing less will only lead to greater enjoyment. Part of me wants to write about some of the specifics as I’ve seen included in other reviews but if you see this before you’ve either read the book or another review of the book - do yourself a favour and go in blind. ![]() Time is shown as passing far too fast, or far too slow, or being stop/start, or feeling like the enemy and the friend - what is so fascinating about this book is that it simply makes you feel human. Tone, style and the focus of the narrative all change only held together by that inevitable power that connects us all: time.Īlthough each story jumps back and forward in time we end as we start with the same characters albeit with a life’s journey in front/behind them. As she jumps from chapter to chapter and story to story, you can at times feel like you’re reading a list of vaguely connected short stories written by entirely different people. ![]() I’m so glad I came to this book with no knowledge or expectation part of the beauty of it is the journey you’re taking on while getting to know its protagonists with no ‘why’, ‘why’, ‘where’ or alternative plot devices pushing you to the end. If I was asked to write the cover summary for A Visit From The Goon Squad I would struggle. ![]()
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