Review of “Slow Man” by J.M. Coetzee
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009
I picked up this novel at one of my favorite book stores in the city, Browser Books on Fillmore thinking “Hey, it’s on the front table for a reason right?” The best I can give it though is three stars. I know J.M. Coatzee is a Nobel prize winning author and everything but reading this book felt like eating a 2×4. There were several sections of the book where I got completely lost and I wasn’t sure where characters had come from. A few of the characters just seemed so forced like J.M. needed a metaphor really badly and just crow-barred a character into the story to fit the space. I am still going to read “Disgrace” and see if that is any better. If you’re a Coetzee fan hoping to read everything by him then read it, otherwise skip this one.
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