SALVAGE the BONES/INFINITE JEST
Salvage the Bones is probably one of the most avant-garde books I've read in a long time. I haven't gotten very far in it yet but what I got out of it so far is that It's about a fourteen year old girl whose motherless and lives with her alcoholic father father and three brothers, in Mississippi along the Gulf of Mexico. The beginning consists of the birth of China's(their dog) puppies, preparing for a hurricane Katrina, and Esch( the 14 year old girl) getting pregnant. That's as far as I've gotten so far.
My first impression of the book was it's extremely descriptive. And the figurative language is far from cliche and makes you look as things in a different way. Like when Esch's brother Skeetah was holding China."He curled around China like a fingernail around flesh"(Ward 3). I wouldn't really recommend this book for everybody, but it's really good so far. The way I rate books is I compare them so my most favorite book of all time so far. THE HELP, by Kathryn Stockett. By far the most awesome book every. Salvage the Bones, subject wise, isn't my favorite, but I can see potential. But still it's no HELP. One thing that stands out is that Salvage the bones is the epitome of TMI ( too much information. But not in a bad way, it adds character to the book and sets it apart. But if you're not open-minded it's probably not the book for you. It does have some p-13 content, for warning. And follows a African American family.
I'm still reading Infinite Jest but since it's a really long book, I'm going to read different smaller books in between it. Salvage the bones is an fairly easy book but there is some in between lines thinking and if you skim too much you'll miss something important. In the book Esch compares herself to a character in mythology, which I have to look up to understand what she means in certain situations. Infinite Jest feels like a Forest Gump kind of story the way there's so much going on and there are like three completely different stories going on and they somehow they come together and make sense. Like I thought that it would be a simple book about a struggling tennis prodigy, Hal, trying to get into college. But then you find out there's something about drug abuse and a rehabilitation center. And then there's family issues and affairs. And not to mention the most important part of the book, The Entertainment, which is a filmed made by Hal's father. The Entertainment also known as Infinite Jest (hint,hint) is a deadly movie because it's so seductive (excuse my word choice) that people watch it until they die. It stars Hal's Brother Orin's girlfriend, Joelle, who is supposed to be very beautiful and might have had a relationship with their father. Hint, the family issues. So somehow author David Foster connected drugs ,tennis and film. Regardless of the length of the book, I'm really excited to dig deeper into it.
My first impression of the book was it's extremely descriptive. And the figurative language is far from cliche and makes you look as things in a different way. Like when Esch's brother Skeetah was holding China."He curled around China like a fingernail around flesh"(Ward 3). I wouldn't really recommend this book for everybody, but it's really good so far. The way I rate books is I compare them so my most favorite book of all time so far. THE HELP, by Kathryn Stockett. By far the most awesome book every. Salvage the Bones, subject wise, isn't my favorite, but I can see potential. But still it's no HELP. One thing that stands out is that Salvage the bones is the epitome of TMI ( too much information. But not in a bad way, it adds character to the book and sets it apart. But if you're not open-minded it's probably not the book for you. It does have some p-13 content, for warning. And follows a African American family.
I'm still reading Infinite Jest but since it's a really long book, I'm going to read different smaller books in between it. Salvage the bones is an fairly easy book but there is some in between lines thinking and if you skim too much you'll miss something important. In the book Esch compares herself to a character in mythology, which I have to look up to understand what she means in certain situations. Infinite Jest feels like a Forest Gump kind of story the way there's so much going on and there are like three completely different stories going on and they somehow they come together and make sense. Like I thought that it would be a simple book about a struggling tennis prodigy, Hal, trying to get into college. But then you find out there's something about drug abuse and a rehabilitation center. And then there's family issues and affairs. And not to mention the most important part of the book, The Entertainment, which is a filmed made by Hal's father. The Entertainment also known as Infinite Jest (hint,hint) is a deadly movie because it's so seductive (excuse my word choice) that people watch it until they die. It stars Hal's Brother Orin's girlfriend, Joelle, who is supposed to be very beautiful and might have had a relationship with their father. Hint, the family issues. So somehow author David Foster connected drugs ,tennis and film. Regardless of the length of the book, I'm really excited to dig deeper into it.
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