Not A Good Read

            I am reading a book I don’t like very much, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Foer. I think what I don’t like about the book is Jonathan Foer’s style of writing, I find it very difficult to follow.  The first paragraph of the book is talking about tea kettles and the next paragraph is talking about microphones.  I don’t see the connection between the two things and it wasn’t clear in the book either.

            Another aspect of his style that makes it difficult for me to get into his story is that he doesn’t use paragraphs.  His writing seems to be like a person’s thinking, a person who has lost their mind.  I have been taught that paragraphs are for a new idea or topic, so a reader can take a break.  In his style of writing a topic seems to change at random with no reason or connection.  He also doesn’t use new lines for dialogue.  This style of writing goes against what I have learned in grammar.

            I prefer to read a book that follows one storyline from beginning to end in time order.  In Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Jonathan Foer jumps from one storyline to another.  In no time at all he goes from a little boy telling a story to an old man telling a different story.  This book reminds me of the way Ender’s Game was written.  I had a hard time following that book too because it’s time frame jumped around a lot.  Opposite to this style I enjoyed the way Peak because it was a continuous story and easy to follow.  I am only going to finish this book because my group is reading for class.  I am so unhappy with this book I will not read any other books by this author.