Review: The Fortress of Solitude
Recensione editoriale - Bookreporter.com - Andi ShechterJonathan Lethem loves language and it shows. Writers who use beautiful descriptions and show a deep understanding of words can make any story more interesting. This is certainly true of THE FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE. While the book seemed slow and too deliberate in some places, the author's skill kept me reading. Lethem's MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN might deserve the description tour de force, and GUN, WITH ... Leggi recensione completa
Review: The Fortress of Solitude
Recensione dell'utente - Bessie James - GoodreadsThe Fortress of Solitude is a big, sprawling book (perhaps a little over-ambitious) but the writing is superb and the characterizations are memorable. It documents the life of Dylan Ebdus from the ... Leggi recensione completa
Review: The Fortress of Solitude
Recensione dell'utente - Paige - Goodreadsi found this 2011 review from my old goodreads account: I have so many mixed feelings about this book. The entire time I was reading I couldn't stop thinking about how much I hate Jonathan Lethem. He ... Leggi recensione completa
Review: The Fortress Of Solitude
Recensione dell'utente - Paige - GoodreadsI have so many mixed feelings about this book. The entire time I was reading I couldn't stop thinking about how much I hate Jonathan Lethem. He definitely doesn't believe in humanity, and I'm not sure ... Leggi recensione completa
Review: The Fortress of Solitude
Recensione dell'utente - Nicole - GoodreadsI appreciated this book, but I did not love it. The character depth of certain characters was thorough and meaningful and the story was compelling. Having said that, the second part of this novel just ... Leggi recensione completa
Review: The Fortress of Solitude
Recensione dell'utente - kate - GoodreadsCursory pros: The writing here is top-notch, eminently readable. Lethem litters it with linguistic gems. (See: “Smoke scribbled in the air between them, like exhausted language.”) Also, love the ... Leggi recensione completa
Review: The Fortress of Solitude
Recensione dell'utente - Jeremy - GoodreadsComing of age. Sprawling. Draws comparisons to The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay. Pretentious. Went downhill after the first part. I can almost guarantee you will see some combination of ... Leggi recensione completa
Review: The Fortress of Solitude
Recensione dell'utente - Pa - GoodreadsThis book is the tale of a white kid growing up in a mostly black section of Brooklyn in the 1970's and also of what happens to him after leaving that environment. The book also focuses on comic book ... Leggi recensione completa
Review: The Fortress Of Solitude
Recensione dell'utente - Christopherseelie - GoodreadsA great stylist with a comprehensive and detail-oriented imagination can often conceal limitations as a storyteller. Jonathan Lethem does this twice in the book, at the climax of the first book-length ... Leggi recensione completa
Review: The Fortress of Solitude
Recensione dell'utente - GoodreadsI enjoyed the sprawling narrative and Lethem's scrawling, graffiti-esque effects of language. I also appreciated the hyper meta-cognition of social interactions bestowed on Dylan Ebdus (and other ...
