The Moviegoer by Walker PercyMy rating: 2 of 5 stars
I found the writing much too flowery and that torpedoed the book for me. I listened to the audiobook. I enjoyed the narrator. His Southern voice, mixed with the character’s politeness and his well-spoken dialogue, really set a mood of the genteel South. But the flowery descriptive language was difficult to follow, and many times, I guess the author was representing the rapid change of topics in the protagonist’s mind by just stopping mid sentence and starting up a totally new thought. I can imagine on paper you could follow that given the obvious punctuation. On audio you really can’t. I suggest that if you want to enjoy the book, you’re better off reading than listening to it.
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