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| Slot Machine; by Chris Lynch | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jun 25 2005, 02:47 AM (256 Views) | |
| Mateo | Jun 25 2005, 02:47 AM Post #1 |
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I started to write a review about this book, but I hit a wrong button and the page I had so far got deleted. So. Since I don't want to write it all over again, I'll just reccomend it instead. I just finished reading this book and I liked it so much I felt compelled to tell someone how good it was. It's written along the lines of Perks of Being a Wallflower as it's a coming-of-age story of a freshman boy who doesn't fit into the high school mainstream, but it was written several years earlier (1995) and is told as a story rather than a series of letters. For anyone who's read Steven Chbosky's novel (which I also liked immensely, by the way), this book is a must-read. For anyone who thinks they don't fit in with the molds and stereotypes society is trying to force us into, this book gives you a kindred soul. And for anyone who likes to watch instead of do, see instead of touch, I highly reccomend that you read this book. For everyone here who doesn't fit into those two categories, read it anyway. Lynch is one of the best at writing humor and satire I've ever read, and he addresses serious topics with the gravity they deserve while never becoming too preachy or too flippant. You get the sense that Slot Machine, while still and always just a book, is somehow more. It's dark, it's funny, it's lighthearted, it's brooding, it's meaningful, it's thoughtful. I think I like this book so much because I see a little bit of myself in Elvin Bishop, the boy whose thoughts and feelings and mind the author brings to life so masterfully. And even if you're not like me, and I'm pretty sure most of you aren't, and even if you're not even close to being like me, as I'm even more sure a lot of you aren't, I think you can all gain something from this book. Whether it be a new perspective on life or simply a new style of writing to use to make your own writing better, I challenge all of you to read Slot Machine and see for yourselves what it can give you. |
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| bananafish | Jun 25 2005, 03:26 AM Post #2 |
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Damn. You have time to READ too?? lol.. In any case, with all of your gushing and the closeness to Perks of Being a Wallflower.. I'll check it out. Faster if it's provided to me.
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