Have I read this before: Nopers.

Review: Holy crapspazzle balls, Thomas Pynchon. What a…unique style. To be honest, I really dug it at the start of the book, but about a third of the way into it there was, I dunno, a slight shift in it and it got a little bland for my taste. Not that Pynchon’s writing is bland in comparison to anyone else (‘cause it’s not), but bland compared to itself in the first third of the book.

I dunno.

I loved the character names. I loved the search for V. and what V. represented. It’s an interesting book. It makes me want to read Gravity’s Rainbow, which is a book I picked up in in an attempt to read several years ago, took a look at the first paragraph, and promptly put the book back on the shelf because I had NO IDEA how those words combined to make coherent sentences.

V. is supposedly Pynchon’s most approachable book, though, so…

Favorite Part: Benny hunting alligators in the sewers was pretty great.

Rating: 5/10