Comments on: “Telegraph Avenue” by Michael Chabon

By: Brooks

Brooks — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 13:42:45 +0000

Aww bummer. I’m doing the group read of Telegraph Avenue and I’m really enjoying it. The style is definitely working for me, but I can see how it doesn’t work for others. And I haven’t read Middlemarch, so I’ve got nothing to say about the publisher’s NorCal Middlemarch thing.

By: Brenda

Brenda — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 18:23:55 +0000

Thanks for the frank review! I love Chabon too but have found it touch-and-go w/everything starting with “Gentlemen of the Road.”

By: Ritalee

Ritalee — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 13:33:12 +0000

He’s written some of my favorite books and short stories of all time (Mysteries of Pittsburgh, A Model World), but sometimes writes books that are completely unreadable (Gentlemen of the Road).

By: Jessica

Jessica — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 17:10:24 +0000

I am about 20% in and I’m feeling similarly. It just feels like the sentences are distracting from the story and I’m not really seeing where the story is going and it hasn’t yet really taken me anywhere. I’m going to go a bit longer just to see if I can get hooked because I’ve read all the other Chabon and I figure I owe it to him… but… I’m perturbed.

By: Amy

Amy — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 15:59:37 +0000

It seems this summer that you and I are having a great many Seth Meyers/Amy Poehler “Really? Really???” moments.