Comments on: I Don’t Like Jonathan Lethem’s Books But That Doesn’t Make Me Stupid, Stupid

By: pete

pete — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:36:51 +0000

I have to say i find him boring as well and have tried chronic city and fortress of solitude read about a hundred pages and just became too bored and apathetic to read on he writes well but its like cold robots instead of people the books are not tight but ramble on and on and on,I found this with wally lamb in the hour i first believed but than in shes come undone it was like a different writer ,i cant finf=d this differentiation with lethem and have to say wont be wasting my time on any more of his books unless as a sedative

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By: michelle mackey

michelle mackey — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 01:48:23 +0000

Hey, so I’m not very prompt with my reply, but I did want to say, I continue to love Lethem more and more. I had a little trouble with a short story collection of his, “Wall of the sky, the wall of the eye”, I just couldn’t get into them. But, Motherless Brooklyn really captivated me with the situational struggles of the tourrette syndrome, and I remember laughing out loud quite a bit at the beginning of the novel. I was disappointed with the last third of the book though. then came The fortress of solitude, which I think is a great book. I’m partially biased because I’m a sucker for a book set in Brooklyn in the 70s, especially with the type of descriptions Lethem gives of the neighborhood identities (and since most of my paintings incorporate some aspect of the urban environment, I found it compelling. But truly, I thought his writing caught the nuance of a time period and of adolescence and of racial tensions so well and so heartfelt. I do love that book. rock on. michelle

By: Superfast Reader

Superfast Reader — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 14:58:16 +0000

He does have a way with the words…

By: Beth

Beth — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 12:14:09 +0000

I’m not a huge Lethem fan either, but I always assumed that’s because he writes “guy books.” He writes about things guys care about, and things I don’t particularly. Though he is a good writer.

By: Wesley Dumont

Wesley Dumont — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 00:40:05 +0000

I like that Promiscuous Materials idea. That’s a good thing.