March 27, 2006
Book review
I read T.C. Boyle's Drop City this weekend. I liked it, and would give it a solid B or even B+ grade.
It's social commentary, and in a lot of ways it reminded me of A. S. Byatt's Possession.
Drop City is very American, and Possession is very British. But they are both about the late '60s / early '70s counter culture movement, both are disturbing in similar ways, both skewer the revolutionaries a bit and say interesting things about gender.
Both books have similar failings, as well. As fun as each was to read, and as excited I got about the strong language and the possibility that the book would become transcendant, Drop City and Possession both wind up a little too perfectly and don't really leave the reader any better, smarter, or more enlightened than before she picked up the book. Still, it's fun to be entertained. As far as that goes, Drop City had fewer -- if any -- slow points.
Posted by Courtney_Sherwood at March 27, 2006 07:14 PM