Amnesia Moon

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.

If you like a good romp through the post-apocalyptic landscape, this book is for you. It requires a fairly vivid imagination, but the writing is (as always) excellent.

This book has some really cool ideas that don't really ever get fleshed out or come together. Some stuff happens to the character, he meets some people, then it just sort of ends. I'm not sure what the point of the whole exercise was.

I was not prepared to have this sort of story told. A consistent yet warped fantasy of a post apocalyptic America ruled by the insecure and run by the weak. It was gorgeous.

How sad I am. _Amnesia Moon_ thrilled me for the first half and more. I was eager to turn the pages and find out more about the bizarre journey of Chaos/Everett. The realms and characters intrigued me. But alas, the story all but collapses in San Francisco. The insertion of highly futuristic technology feels abrupt and unwarranted. Worse, the tale falters into an awkward, mixed-up set of characters and dreams and dead ends. I couldn't wait for it to end, and could care less (unlike so many reviewers) that the ending is "incomplete."My sense is that Lethem didn't know what to do with his novel. He'd written something quite good, until he got to San Francisco. And then he suddenly goes Pynchon-esque on us. Lethem neither prepares us for this abysmal confusion, nor did he execute the transition adequately. He stammers and reaches fitfully, until he simply closes the book. This book should not have been published in its current state. Will I read Lethem again after this introduction? Perhaps: there was enough in the first 100 pages to make me think the guy can tell a good story... and Amazon readers tell us to focus our Lethem energies elsewhere.

When I started reading this book, it seemed really interesting to me. I thought the ideas that were being dimly outlined were intriguing, and I wanted to delve into them. Unfortunately, the longer I read this book, the more frustrating it became.The actions of the main charcter, Everett Chaos Moon, were nonsensical at best. He is perpetually confused, but barely manages to ever muster up any interest in really figuring things out. He comes off as a someone who doesn't make sense, because on the one hand he's trying to understand himself and the world, and on the other hand he's never making any effort to do just that. He just kinda floats along in the incoherent world pointlessly.By the end of the book, I was disgusted and irritated with the whole thing, and I felt like the ending gave me absolutely nothing for me efforts. This is the only Lethem book I've read, and it seriously discourages me from wanting to read any others.

In all honestly, I didn't really like this book as much as I had wanted to.As the reader is introduced into all these new towns that are discovered along the roadtrip, my ultimate feeling after each one was just, "oh, okay". The character development was pretty weak, and I wasn't really drawn in or connected to any of them. Maybe because I read the book in short increments on my train ride, but the last half of the book I felt confused. I couldn't see how the first half off the book or the discovered towns really connected to any of the story other than to fill time. There are some really cool ideas that kept me intriguied, but I felt more obligated to keep reading as I had already started, than being excited to see where the story was going. To finish, there was no real culmination or wrap-up - the book sort of just ended. I was disappointed as this book had been recommended to me.

Throughout his career, Lethem has demonstrated repeatedly his ability to turn genre rules upside down; in this book he does so repeatedly. Little is what it seems, and the denouement is satisfying and rich.A terrific introduction to his work.Utterly inventive and a soulful examination of the conflict between the inner and the outer landscapes.