I'm in the same boat, and don't even get me started on Sallie Mae. It's amazing how people in their 20s and 30s (and beyond) who fail to make ridiculously high monthly payments on loans they took out to essentially better themselves are just the same as deadbeat dads ducking out on child support in the eyes of the law.

I totally agree, and it's also like nothing I've ever read before either. So many unforgettable set pieces (can you call them such in a novel?) too, such as Boy's job on the cruise as a working blonde, or the webs in Bird's room, or the basement full of rats. And Mia's written anecdote about keeping her left hand for…

When this movie first came out, I remember one of my cousins saying she saw it in a theater so packed that some people had to stand up in the back. When Tina finally puts the well-deserved beatdown on Ike the whole theater erupted in cheers, and apparently it was an amazing experience. All that said, Angela Bassett…

Ugh. I see this attitude especially with older people who oppose the idea of a student loan bailout. There's a whole lot of, "I paid my way through school while working/raising a family/raising goats!" without taking into consideration that college wasn't ridiculously expensive in their day, whenever the hell that was.

Whoa, seriously? In that case I recommend reading a different copy of the book so you don't see the shit she underlined, and enjoy the hell out of it. But I am spiteful.

I'm only two stories deep, but in both stories…UH SPOILERS…there is talk of people having nothing inside of them. If that sounds like your situation, or might dig up memories of arguments past, I'd recommend avoiding the book for a while.

Where my fellow Boy, Snow, Bird fans at? I finished it earlier this week and am so glad I read it. I really loved the character of Boy, and Mia, too. Such a fucked up world, but one that I enjoyed being in thanks to Oyememi's narrative voice. Thanks to all of those who persuaded me to ignore the low Amazon rating and…

I just started after the quake and am loving it so far.

You are not alone. My best friend in high school was really into true crime and serial killers as well, so I know a little too much about this stuff. I would have been peeved by the show's error, too.

I guess I meant nonsensical grammar-wise, like some of the other entries on this list.

There are so many nonsensical Michael Jackson lyrics to choose from, though. This is the man who brought us: "I said but unlock the door / 'cause I forgot the key / She said 'he's not coming back / because he's sleeping with me'."

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The ambiguity works for the novel and because we're in Richard's POV. I just wonder how they'd make it work for a film adaptation. Would the film be limited to Richard's unreliable POV, too, or would the audience get to experience things beyond him?

Agreed. I've always found statements such as "I want fiction to deal in truth" to be utter bullshit, too. The definition of what is real and what isn't varies from person to person, and I'm tired of stuffy literati types failing to understand that.

I do wonder if a film adaptation would include the Bacchanal. I won't lie, I picked up that book expecting a detailed orgy, and if the film wouldn't deliver on that I'd be disappointed all over again.

The snottiness in that article is pretty fantastic. It's funny how some in the New York-style publishing world respond to their increasing irrelevance by looking down their noses at everything remotely popular. I haven't read Goldfinch yet, but it's not like it's 50 Shades of Grey winning a Pullitzer. Settle down,…

What super annoying celebrity will voice the CGI'd Orko?

Thanks for the info!

I have one finished novel, one that I am currently revising, and another in progress. And I'm too depressed about the current state of publishing to brag about writing on Twitter.

Is LitReactor just a place for writers to critique each other, or do literary agents and publishers look at works in progress too?