More than 24 hours have gone by and I still don't know how I feel about this book. It was a heavy book, with rather unlikeable characters and a strong message of how you can't always judge others at face value (or rather arm tattoo value). Yet, what obligation do we have if we believe or more importantly know the evil about someone.
PageHabit has approximately 10 Post-It notes placed throughout the book of the author's annotations and this one felt a little autobiographical at times. But then maybe many books are as author's will always have a piece of themselves in their works.
I found myself having to push through a bit to get to the end of this one, though I liked some of the tweaks to historical people (John Lennon), but at the end I felt almost relieved that it was over.
While the depth and obscurity of this book may lead me to want to recommend it to select readers, the over-the-top sexual scenes will prevent me from doing so.
Quotes: "If there is something gnawing at you, that means you're delicious. That gnawing is the universe trying to get at the tasty juice inside of you. Your entire unsatisfying life is just the rind."
"And why do these people say that family members are suppose to reconcile before one of them dies"
"..and literature has exactly one thing to teach us: that it is our deepest and highest moral obligation to accept punishment for things that are not exactly our fault."
"The website they visit, terms they type in to search engines, emails they send, preferences they express in various ways - it all gets fed into an algorithm, and the algorithm generates an epiphany..."
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