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Aug 13, 2018mmontserrat rated this title 1.5 out of 5 stars
I really did not like this book, but it held my attention long enough so that I did get all the way through it. A Goodreads member named Wendy gave it this review, which encapsulates my primary complaint about the book: "Reading this was like sitting in the back of a cab. You're pretty sure you're headed SOMEWHERE but the way is circuitous, confusing and sometimes nonsensical. It drives just like a cab, quick accelerations that slam you into the seat and jarring stops that throw you into your seatbelt, none of it for a good reason. Maybe, you think, this kind of slam start/slam stop driving has a purpose? Maybe saves gas? Maybe cruel fun at the expense of the rider? Maybe simple distraction...oops...car ahead, stop now! Your thoughts are similar as you read this book. You think "There is probably an underlying structure here, a reason for this 'style'", and briefly you feel you're getting it when you slam into another hipster moment and it turns you off to caring about the underlying themes, to even finishing the book. Maybe that IS the theme. Playing with the real and the fake. But overall it was choppy, unsatisfying and self congratulatory ..." The moment it was over for me? Kushner's story COMPLETELY lost me at the breakup when Reno catches Sandro kissing his cousin. Reno ends up bolting and all her angst is spent on how the cousin is fat and ugly compared to Reno - but not a single bit of outrage does she express on the fact her man is in a sexual relationship with his cousin. Everything felt false and unbelievable to me after this point in the novel.