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Reader Feedback on "The History of Luminous Motion"
I just finished reading the novel, and I am absolutely in love with it. I have never been more entertained and moved by a book in my life. The deeper meanings in this book are endless, and so is the irony. I was so engrossed by this novel that I could not put it down. If Foer was this talented at the age of 19, imagine what his next novel will be! Thank you, Jonathan, for a work of art.
--CK
06/15 |
Did we read the same book?!? "Angst"?! Foer is so far from bullshit literary wonderboy male angst of the sort that has passed for "literary fiction," these past few years, that I'm stunned you would say that. There is something so tender about the novel, perhaps even to a fault at times. I can see that the book will not strike the same chord with everyone. But that just seems tone deaf to me. And even if you don't like the novel, or if you think it's boring--which I can't imagine, the book has such a intense pacing to it--to say Foer is untalented is ludicrous. It may not be your thing, there are definitely criticisms that can be made of the book, but if anything is clear, it's that Foer is frighteningly talented. My thoughts anyway.
--WB
04/05 |
Having always loved anything Nerve recommended, I rushed to buy this book. What a piece of garbage it is. This guy has all the angst of a writer but none of the talent. He tries to hard to be "artistic" and in the process has made a novel that is boring and tedious to read. What's happening to Nerve? It's so sad because I used to love Nerve and now it looks like they will promote anything for a fast buck. It's time to put the focus back on the editorial content instead of all of these books and movies we can read about in the Times (or any other magazine for that matter).
--WHH
04/05 |
I just finished reading the novel, Everything Is Illuminated, and was so completely awed by it. I had read the excerpt in the New Yorker last summer, but nothing could have prepared for this intensely weird and sublime novel.It's astonishing to think this is a first novel, and by a 25 year old--it blends such uncanny wisdom, madcap comedy, wrenching tragedy, and it's never forced or strained. I'm psyched to see the interview on here, since I have been rather voraciously looking for anything I can find on Foer. He's a demented genius, so any insight into the way he thinks and writes is welcome. I'm wondering if others have read the novel, or the excerpt, and if they felt the same way. I've been shoving the book into many friends' hands, simply so I can talk about the damn book with others.
--WB
04/04 |
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