Jason Pettus 

Read my did-not-finish (i.e. scoreless) review of Don DeLillo's "White Noise," in which I approach the book for the first time since reading it at the age of 18, 36 years ago when the book first came out, and realize with a lot of dismay that it's much, much, much, much, MUCH worse than my teenaged nostalgic memories remembered it being. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29739174

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Jason Pettus's review of White Noise

2023 reads, #17. DID NOT FINISH. There are two reasons I picked up Don DeLillo's 1985 White Noise last summer, and have been trying for the last nine months without success to actually get through it. Mostly, of course, it's because one of my favorite filmmakers, Noah Baumbach, famously did an adaptation of it for Netflix last Christmas, and I wanted to reacquaint myself with the book version first, so I could see how good or bad of a job he did adapting it; but it's also because this was the very first novel I ever read in college, bought literally my first week of my freshman year at the ...

Mar 16, 2023 at 2:34amWeb
Show threadLeo McBrideMar 17, 2023
@jasonpettus Nice review, and bonus mention of the mighty Concrete Blonde! I've yet to try reading this but give it inordinate goodwill for my love of the band Airborne Toxic Event. I fear when I do plunge in, I'll be disappointed!
Show threadJason Pettus Mar 17, 2023
@LeoMcBride Ha, there are a lot of reviews of this book at Goodreads that start, "I read this because I love the band Airborne Toxic Event."