The Crying of Lot 49 - Likewise Book Reviews
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CaitVD
"Jeez, what an example of postmodern literature! I don’t know for sure, but I have a feeling this may be a book where my rating goes up after I chew on it a bit longer. This was a jam packed 150 pages."
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Alyssa Czernek
"This book was a little confusing and I’m not sure I grasped everything since it was my first time reading it. However, it’s extremely fast paced and interesting, it felt like all 150 pages were well used to creating an ironic and contradictory tone that helped strengthen those themes."
"This book is soaked in pattern, in edges and touches and fleeting shards of mysterious symbols, in language drenched with multiple meanings and ripe with associations, in red herrings, in tangled communication buzzing through amplifiers and telephone wires. Is the pattern part of a larger truth or a dissolving phantom? I know a lot of this book went over my head, too. Pynchon’s prowess is clearly evident here, but it was a pretty frustrating read for me."