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Apr 17, 2012
Lunar Park is a worthwhile read, although a second reading may make it more cohesive to me. Ellis' unaffected prose still creates unnerving sensations in the reader, and the novel's meta-fictional theme is very humorous, but Ellis' insistent dwelling on protagonists who occupy bleak emotional landscapes leaves me feeling a little unsatisfied as a reader who seeks the emotional grit of it all. I would like to see Bret Ellis infuse his novels with a little more genuine humanity, as I think this would make his satire even more cutting. All-in-all, Lunar Park had some very elegantly composed passeges, even if many of its strange events somehow felt pointless.