The only reason I finished this book is because I kept hoping it would somehow make sense in the end. It didn't. Perhaps I missed something. I consider myself a halfway intelligent person, but this book went straight over my head.
I got what Taylor was trying to do--explore memory and time through one person's life (and many variations on that life). Parts of it were pretty good. Most of it wasn't. It was these good parts that kept me going, but by the end, I was really resenting the fact that I felt like I had to finish it even though I wasn't really enjoying it.
And the ending? Well, I almost threw the book across the room. But I just didn't have the energy. Or care enough.


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