Daniel Kelly – Google

This book is only good for a fire starter. The characterization is terrible, there is no plot to speak of, and Benji has no real problems. Benji is a lascivious creep, and him and his friends are incredibly racist. The author comes off as very pretentious through Benji's narration in vain efforts at humor. Overall, it was extremely boring and unpleasant to read. Do not read this book. Colson Whitehead is one ivory-tower-lookin', terrible-writin' mf-er.

This book is weird. The prose is odd. Random words are italicized when people speak. Billy Pilgrim time travels and goes to a foreign planet. I thought this book was supposed to be about Dresden and Vonnegut's experience in WWII, which it is, for about 70ish pages. Too much weird, trippy-dippy Billy Pilgrim and not enough details about Dresden. Not to mention this book is a snooze. I think it's better to take this one out back and shoot it. As Billy Pilgrim would say, "So it goes."

**SPOILERS** I really, really enjoyed the first two acts of this book. Coriolanus was a conflicted yet seemingly more decent citizen of the Capitol. He seemed to really love Lucy Gray. And, I did not think Coriolanus would be forced to join the peacekeepers. Then the third act happened. It didn't sit right with me how Coriolanus had a "friendship" with Sejanus. Really, Coriolanus used him the entire book for access to his parents and a way out of his situation. The ending with Lucy Gray seemed rushed just like the ending in Mockingjay seemed rushed. Snow was exposed for who he really was in the end: a deceitful, manipulative snake who acted solely out of selfishness and fear, but it seemed like he was a half-decent person for 2/3s of the book. I wish that instead of fear of getting sent to jail, Coriolanus became distraught after the death of Lucy Gray, or that something more meaningful would have set him off at the end. Captivating, but not as satisfying as the first or second book.