J: A Novel Howard Jacobson

To Rise Again at a Decent Hour by Joshua Ferris

  

I didn't enjoy this novel. 
I thought it would be funny but it wasn't.  Amusing, yes. Thought-provoking, sure. Funny no!
It combines a mishmash of topics: baseball, Judaism, and dentistry and they never quite add up to a cohesive whole.
I struggled at times with the multi-page paragraphs and the general ceaselessness of switching between inner monologues and first person.

How to be both Ali Smith

The Bone Clocks David Mitchell

 

I loved this book - so clever. It is made of composed of six parts, each dealing with different ages of Holly Sykes. It feels like an epic spanning across multiple narrators, continents and genres of writing styles.

The Lives of Others Neel Mukherjee

Orfeo by Richard Powers

 

he Narrow Road to the Deep North Richard Flanagan

Very harrowing and hard to read.
The frequent changes in perspective and character make it hard to follow in parts.
It introduce me to a period in history, and indeed a place, that I knew almost nothing about

The Dog by Joseph O’Neill

 


This has no plot but offers insights into dislocation (and makes me really never wish to live in Dubai).
The main character feels like a real person - flawed but honest of his situation.
It is written as a interior monologue and as such I am not really a fan of this style. 
There is no conclusion