understandme

The first half, my preferred half, reads like a travelogue from the 50's. A good one, I mean. I've never read any real travelogues from the 50's, let alone a bad one, but still. It's great! The Grand Canyon, traveling to California by train, visiting the La Brea tar pits, eating breakfast at the Rolling Donought, and dinner in a hat!... all made really vivid and exciting. I got total wanderlust. Plus smart, witty characters. PLUS, it's one of those books with a million super short chapeters, which I love. I read so much more efficiently with short chapters for some reason... Only negative (which isn't really a negative so much as an... I'm not sure how I felt about it...) was the dismissive nature some of the supernatural elements, in particular the bellboy ghost. I think its entirely intentional on Pinkwater's part, I'm just not sure it worked for me. Hm... Anyway, read it!

2023-02-19 00:25