I am eighty eight pages into this book and I have yet to be hooked. I don’t know what it is, but I just am not interested. His writing style is extremely detailed and I feel like I kind of get lost in the descriptions. If it were not for the author breaking up the novel into fairly short chapters, it would be very difficult to digest. I feel like his extremely detailed style is great for certain situations but I really don’t like how it continues throughout the book. I felt very involved in the in the novel at first because it seemed like he was bringing the audience into his life with description. Unfortunately it just continues on into the rest of the book.
The author of ‘Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name” did a great job keeping me hooked the entire time. She used the same technique of the very short chapters. Unfortunately I am not as interested in Blue Highways. I was really not into the subject matter in the first book but the writing style kept me hooked. With this novel, I am really interested in the subject manner and the idea of a solo road trip, but his style just bores me. With this novel, I tend to find myself having to reread things because I just lose myself in my own thoughts while reading and as a result, I don’t retain much. I just really am not hooked.
I am hoping that eventually I will find something that catches my interest but its not looking good. I am still trying to keep an open mind about where this book will go. I am hoping that eventually ill get interested in this book. Well see how it develops from here on out.