What a great title for a book. What a shame that the book does not deal in either brevity or anything that resembles an account of Oscar’s life. This book was an absolute slog to get through. From the overt sexualization of women to the complete lack of plot there was nothing to be gained and certainly no connection to be made with any character. “The next day at breakfast he asked his mother: Am I ugly? She sighed. Well, hijo, you certainly don’t take […]
Unfiltered, pretentious drivel of the best kind
Generation X is an insufferably privileged, pretentious, meaningless novel about three young people living in bungalows in Palm Spring during the 90’s. Nothing at all happens, except the three of them hanging around, drinking, taking daytrips and telling each other long, thinly veiled stories about themselves because it’s easier to deal with yourself as a character in a story rather than own up to your own life. “As the expression goes, we spend our youth attaining wealth, and our wealth attaining youth.” I spent this […]
“We still think just because it could be worse, that’s enough.”
Sweet fruit, sour land is a dystopian tale of two friends as they meet at lavish parties in London. Both of them are poor, living on food rations and have only been invited due to their skills; Jaminder plays the piano and Mathilde is a skilled seamstress. Both of them are strangers as immigrants to England, but also to this high society. At these parties they are exposed not just to unfamiliar foods and lifestyles, but to a much more sinister realization that the rich […]
James and the giant meh
James used to be a happy boy who loved to play until one day he has to go live with his two Aunts who hate him and make him work way too hard. He never gets to play anymore! One day a mysterious man hands him a bag of magic seeds and tells him that they can make all his wishes come true. James runs home to try it, but oh no! He trips and spills the seeds on the ground. Behold next day there […]