I generally wind up perusing a discouraging book on the shoreline. It doesn't appear to be reasonable however unavoidable. The current year's discouraging shoreline book, Charming Billy, additionally has Irish ties quite recently like a year ago's discouraging shoreline book, Angela's Ashes . I think I see an example and something to stay away from one year from now.
Charming Billy is the tale of an Irish American family in New York from World War II to 1983. It rotates around the life of Billy Lynch, desolate soul and utilitarian alcoholic. As various relatives reflect upon his life, the family's picture is gradually painted.
I'll be straightforward; I picked this book due to the National Book Award token on the cover. After opening the book, I was promptly questionable. What vast text style you have! Does substantial text style make perusers feel like they're getting their cash's worth? As I got into the book, I knew it would take sheer determination to complete it. No character advancement or complex characters. No enrapturing phrases or delightful thoughts. No arresting plot or central issue.
Fundamentally a message-less book for me, summed up by this sentence, "nothing they felt, at last, has had any effect"(p.245). I would rather be dove to the profundities of catastrophe or held by insanity and energy than acknowledge this stimulant of a book.
