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The Failure Six (2010)

by Shane Jones(Favorite Author)

3.99 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1879193192 (ISBN13: 9781879193192)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Fugue State Press

review 1: I am a definite fan of the imagery and mood that Jones evokes. This book is definitely in the same conceptual realm as LIGHT BOXES: words have become meaningless off the page, and only on the page can they serve to construct reality. It is this (de)construction of reality via words/ stories in Jones' work that I am most intrigued by. Comparisons are never fair, but I did like this a lot better than LIGHT BOXES. With Jones, I feel like I am always left wanting more (maybe that's the genius of the work?), but in this case I felt more satisfaction with where things were left.
review 2: The worst book of the year, by far. There should be a The Failure Seven and this book would be it. I kept reading section after section thinking "this might be the worst book I've e... morever read" and then I got to the ending (which there isn't, it just stops) and I said to myself "Yes, this is the worst." Self indulgent, precious, no talent for plot or narrative arc, unlikeable characters, and just an overall sense that Jones doesn't care about his readers, who I imagine are maybe twenty people? Going to see if I can return this book now. Is it cold? Are you cold? less

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