futurama's reviews
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Much better than I expected. I really enjoy the podcast and was worried Montell would be too much for the entire book (I really like the interviews) but she was engaging and interesting. There was a solid balance between memoir and pop social science that made it relatable (to this millennial) without being overly coying. 

Dry understanding/telling/narrating of unreal events. Fave was The Heavy Suitcase of Benavides

Prompt 2: A book from your least-read genre last year 
Mine was...graphic novel! And I love graphic novels! I was shocked but also pleasantly surprised. This is actually my third graphic/illustrated/manga/comic book I've read this year (the others being What is Obscenity? and the Japanese manga). GT is different though, it's not that illustrated, it's the same drawings of people on top of different images but still telling a multidimensional and complex story of the self. I saw Mira Jacob at AWP and really liked her, she has this charm about her. Not only was I interested in the book itself but I also wanted to see how she made the book. Her artwork is very clever. At first the repeated images was a little distracting but I got used to it when I got deeper into the story. 

I really liked the concept and design. very creative. love how each chapter was a different ORSK item. But the writing lacked substance. there were so many opportunities where tension could be drawn out or moments that could've been much scarier. amy was not a good protagonist, she was annoying and bratty, absolutely did not care about her. however, the side characters had more personality and added comedic elements to the story. 
i also enjoyed the elements of the cycles of work/labor but it needed to be more drawn out for it to be a bigger element. 
i wish grady could rewrite the book with the horror-chops he has now. 

a definition of a "romp" a bit overwhelming but it works! i loved the portable veblen and don't remember anything about it. i feel the same way about this too 

It feels strange to ask what the point of this story was, because what is the point to any story? This book was deflated, boring and flat. Never read more one dimensional characters. I did read a review saying

the twist might have been invented by the narrator (author) after his failure of a book tour in Germany,

but that's probably wishful thinking. 
I'm so glad it's over.