Posted by James K on January 13, 2006, at 22:04:11
In reply to Re: James Frey and jt leroy, posted by Jakeman on January 13, 2006, at 19:56:58
I'm a fan of weird and intense books in general, and I found his writing style - no paragraphs or punctuation to be more readable than it should have been.
I read it more as a story about a effed up dude and not as an Oprah self help book. I can't believe how big of a story it's become.
I read lots of pulp fiction - horror, hardboiled crime, old science fiction, and other extreme trash. If it interests me I don't hold out for too much literary value. And his obviously exagerated tales held enough truth and similarity to my life to keep me reading, and touch me in some way. If you didn't care for the first half, you wouldn't have believed how silly the second half became.
but as you say - to each his own.
James k
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