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Richard Yates (2010)

by Tao Lin(Favorite Author)

3.42 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1935554158 (ISBN13: 9781935554158)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Melville House

review 1: I just finished, and was thoroughly engaged by this book. Tao Lin has definitely captured a perspective of modern America's youth, it's aimless ramblings and strange obsessions. Although much of it is general, particularly the repetitive syntax with some breaks into more original and thoughtful reflections, the post modern slew of products and cultural debris is reported with a refreshingly matter of fact tone. It is no more and no less than a part of their environment. The more interesting points of discussion are generational, and a discussion of therapy versus accountability (what's a better word for that, friends?)
review 2: I was hating Richard Yates yet unable to stop reading, then I skipped a few pages, thought "this is pointless" then it got to the b... moreit were the guy character was hassling the girl character and I started thinking "I say I'm going to do things and then I don't do them too." Then I decided that from now on I'm going to try to do what I say I'm going to do. After finishing Richard Yates I went back to reading Lorrie Moore's Birds of America which seemed kind of boring in comparison and didn't adequately "capture my attention." I couldn't even be bothered to remember any characters' names. Sorry Lorrie. less

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