so-soI found this volume fatiguing. I had trouble connecting with and keeping track of the characters, and since this trilogy is a period of US history told through the lives of individual characters, not connecting with them makes it difficult to glean meaning. I did note the use of the word "privilege" and other sentiments in use today, which gives me a sense of history repeating itself. Knowing what happened after WWI, this isn't comforting.
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Nothing to See Here, maybe?
3.5⭐
@Eggs #wondrouswednesday
panIn the end, I really felt nothing for this book. I could appreciate that Dos Passos was being really very clever and experimental and all of that, but perhaps just too much so for me to actually enjoy reading. He makes some good points about the “upwardly mobile“ classes in capitalist systems, but he was too busy Doing A Thing(TM), in my opinion. Full review here: http://keepingupwiththepenguins.com/nineteen-nineteen-john-dos-passos/
I've read, in three days, the perplexing and enthralling The Fifth Season and the mostly charming The Charwoman's Daughter. I am still delighted by Anniversaries and will continue on with 1919.
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A title to add to my WWI TBR pile.
I have another book with this exact cover.
so-soThe second book of the USA trilogy wasn‘t as good as the first and ends on a major downer. The biggest problem was that, this being basically plotless, the characters are the most important thing, and I didn‘t connect with any of the characters in this one as much as the first. Still, I‘m planning to finish. On to The Big Money! #modernlibrarytop100
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Started one last night, finished another this morning, hoping to finish the tagged book this weekend.
After two weeks of reading, I‘ve finally reached the midpoint of this book. Not enjoying it as much as the first, needless to say.
Haven‘t had much time for reading this week, so I‘ll be indulging myself today.
so-soAh, the sophomore book. Not the opening, not the conclusion. Here, we are introduced to different characters than in 42nd Parallel. Some were side characters in Book 1, some are brand new. All are woeful, morose, tragic. America at war, America just learning of Armistice. What‘s next for those who made it through 1919? On to The Big Money, to find out... #1001Books
⚠️ MULTIPLE uses of MULTIPLE racial slurs, especially by Joe Williams...the dick.
Iiiiiiiiin West Philadelphia, born and raised! I do this every time... I swear, I am a very busy adult with many important things to do...
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1️⃣ Oh, yes! I‘m a Nebraskan. We take our food and our football seriously. Although, I don‘t care about either team this year, so I‘ll just crochet and care about the commercials. 😄
2️⃣ It SAYS high of 42* but it‘ll probably feel like half that.
3️⃣ John Adams (David McCullough), North & South (Elizabeth Gaskell), 1919 (John dos Passos)
4️⃣ SCOTLAND!! My maiden name is Turnbull. I wanna see Fatlips Castle!
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*1930‘s editors*
“Guys...he wrote ‘shit‘!”
“Well, we can‘t print that! Put a line in the middle!”
“How about the N-word?”
“That‘s just swell, Pete! Tell ya what: To be fair, let‘s make sure to use all the derogatory terms for all the races.”
“And spell ‘em out, Ted?”
“Yep. Spell ‘em all the way out!”
“But don‘t spell out ‘shit‘?”
“H–ll no, Pete! Don‘t be so vulgar!”
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