Musings of an Idiot

A stranger's gaze is all it takes to throw chaos and uncertainty into your life. A gaze that you can sense penetrating your consciousness, even without looking up and when you do see the steady and unwavering eyes it creates a small ripple that magnifies in the moments that pass. What were they seeing? A freak? An anomaly? A person lost in time and thought? Or just eye candy? And what if you recognize that gaze as from someone equal to you - what would you be thinking when you look at a stranger walking unawares on the street?

I finished reading Divisadero and it was an interesting experience. It was fulfilling and frustrating at the same time. The writing style is different and the novel jumps back and forth in time and space but doesn't loose the narrative thread till about page 190 odd when it completely blind sides you by leaving the main characters and story behind without resolving or hinting at a resolution and starting off a new story with similar themes and ties them together with the rest of the book. It is an intersting experiment where the narrative is distilled to the absolute minimum and the book only works when you read the last 100 pages odd for a second time but on a first read it annoyed me to bits. I won't recommend this book if you can't bear the thought of unfinished stories within a novel but if you are looking for a good read then this definitely is worth a go.