OK so I only recently finished The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, which I really did not enjoy.
Then I read a piece online that slams Kavalier & Clay.
"But I do not at all agree with the common line that Kavalier & Clay is Chabon’s best book, or even that it is a good book. The Mysteries of Pittsburgh was small, but it was piercingly direct; Kavalier & Clay attains breadth, but at the loss of focus. Larger in scope, it is smaller—and shallower—in spirit."
He makes a fine argument but how can Kavalier & Clay ever be described as being shallow in spirit... that's just... stop ruining the book for me!
2 comments:
oh I'm sorry u didn't like Mysteries... i guess we have really different book tastes :(
I don't think we have really different book tastes! I mean I think this is one of the very few that you like that I don't.
I think it's partially that I just don't like any books these days.
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