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3.0 out of 5 stars Weak for a lethem novel, Jan 16 2004
This review is from: Amnesia Moon (Paperback)
Having devoured most of the lethem novels, i found this to be his weakest - the tops being Gun, with occasional music and Motherless Brooklyn. Yes, it's interesting and fantastical but if you are looking for any hidden meaning as people reading it have been i think you are out of luck. The ending explains the point of the novel and that is the annoying part as it is weak and sappy. I gave it a 3 as it wasn't a complete waste of time as he is such a talented writer and maybe the ending won't bother some people. However, if you haven't read American Gods by Neil Gaiman i would suggest spending the time reading it instead.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Dull, incomplete, with racist undertones, Aug 12 2003
By D. Davis (Bay Area, California) - See all my reviews
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This story is really ridiculous. Not only is Chaos not interesting and completely shallow as a character, but the actual story is a big snooze fest. Letham hints at a lot of interesting ideas, but never really pulls through with anything. I didn't find Chaos believeable at all. Come on, how many times will he beat around the bush about asking questions about his life? He is like a meek little sheep you takes no control over his actions... until the unexciting end. Finally I find it strange that the author mentions the ethnicity of every non-white character. The young and black Vance, the black women, the Mexican. He never says, the white Gwen or the white Cal. This is an example of subtle racism as far as I am concerned. As if Lethams readers should just expect all the characters to be white.

This book stinks!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Amazingly original, Jan 5 2003
By Paul D. Baxter (Mebane, NC United States) - See all my reviews
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This might very well be the most original, head scrathing novel I've ever read. It's a bit like shifting randomly between a set of twilight zone episodes. You know something is quiet abnormal, but you don't get to sit still long enough to figure it all out. I'll just say that if when you were young you asked yourself, "what if I'm just imagining the whole world", and then went on to think, "hmm, what if someone else is just imagining me", then this is the book for you.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A fantastic read, as long as you don't mind having to think
Amnesia Moon was the first Lethem book I ever read, and I couldn't put it down. I have since read several of his other books, and of those I've read, only <i>Gun, With... Read more
Published on Jan 3 2003 by C. Flaute

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Novel if You Know What You are in for...
If you like tight, neat endings and plot driven stories DO NOT read this novel. You will not like it. If you don't mind ambiguity or like subjective messages than read it. Read more
Published on Sep 2 2002 by Eric Vondy

3.0 out of 5 stars Lethem Loves Mystery More Than Solutions
When I want a well-written book with a little imagination that I can knock off in a few hours, I pick up a book by Lethem. Read more
Published on Nov 11 2001 by Daniel H. Bigelow

5.0 out of 5 stars Phenomenal Book
In the vein of Philip Dick, Roger Zelazny and even Alice in Wonderland, this book is a splendid work of science fiction that exceeds the genre. An excellent read.
Published on Sep 18 2001 by Brian Bowman

5.0 out of 5 stars Remarkable craftsmanship
This was the first of Lethem's books that I read, and I was completely bowled over by it. Lethem's writing is dynamic and exciting even when he is writing about the most bizarre... Read more
Published on Jul 12 2001

4.0 out of 5 stars Amazing, Vertiginous Tour de Force
What an amazing accomplishment is this book. It is simultaneously funny and sad, familiar yet very strange, and it moves along with a predictable rhythm while never actually... Read more
Published on Jul 10 2001 by Robert Carlberg

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
Don't be swayed by the negative reviews, this is a great novel, thought provoking, imaginative, and well written. Read more
Published on Mar 9 2001 by Mrs. Arbuckle

3.0 out of 5 stars My favorite Lethem novel
In each of his novels Jonathan Lethem uses well-worn genres as tent poles on which to drape his highly original stories; in this one it's a collision between the road movie... Read more
Published on Jan 12 2001 by Jens Alfke

5.0 out of 5 stars What did you expect?
It seems like most people out there are reading back from Motherless Brooklyn. IE: Going from a great lush semi-realistic tale to an earlier very lush dreamlike tale. Read more
Published on Aug 30 2000 by Bret

1.0 out of 5 stars Exceedingly Weak
I picked this up because I'd really enjoyed Lethem's Gun With Occasional Music, Motherless Brooklyn, and parts of The Wall of the Eye, The Wall of the Sky. Read more
Published on Jul 13 2000 by A. Ross

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