Ok, just finished BE and at this moment in time, I have to say that I'm probably not the reader Pynchon is pitching to. For me, this book was like taking a drive around the old neighborhood in a Mack truck, then falling asleep and realizing that someone has slipped me some acid. Did I like it? I don't know. There was so much stuff and I'm not sure why. Plots, subplots, all woven together, but I don't know what it makes. That doesn't really bother me. However, for a novel of this length and scope, I do expect to feel one way or another about it and I don't. That bothers me.
Yeah, okay. That's Pynchon for you. He's a bit like chaos theory fictionalized. And BE is about a thousand times more accessible than Gravity's Rainbow.Did I like it? I don't know. There was so much stuff and I'm not sure why. Plots, subplots, all woven together, but I don't know what it makes. That doesn't really bother me. However, for a novel of this length and scope, I do expect to feel one way or another about it and I don't. That bothers me.