Is it to demonstrate her youth despite her presence on the punk rock scene? This read awkwardly for me, perhaps it was trying to represent the teenage years.Ĭhapter Four involves the use of a ‘time telescope’. (See how we’re drifting away from Sasha, but loosely linked?) Rhea uses the word ‘goes’ far too much in this chapter for my liking. I didn’t feel any sympathy for Bernie here.Ĭhapter Three is told by Rhea, Bernie’s childhood friend. He’s old, trying to restore vitality by eating gold flakes. It is unusual to have a character introduced in the first chapter, then only see fleeting glimpses of them, but hey, I’ll roll with it for now…Ĭhapter Two introduces Bennie, Sasha’s boss. Sasha then disappears into the background for the rest of the book. She also has a bath in the kitchen of her apartment (that’s odd to me). The first chapter is straightforward enough, telling the story of Sasha, who is a compulsive kleptomaniac. While the book is innovative, telling each story in a variety of styles (hello, chapter told entirely in PowerPoint), it just didn’t really work well enough for me. This book has won numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. When the Goodreads Book Club announced it as their original book, I thought I would take part and see what the hype was about.

If you liked this, try: I’m really not sure…this is not my kind of book.Ī Visit from the Goon Squad seems to be appearing everywhere at the moment. Why I read it: Part of the Goodreads Book Club

In a nutshell… It’s a book of short stories connected loosely by characters, told in a variety of styles.

A visit from the goon squad goodreads