A review by burnyayhayley
In Watermelon Sugar by Richard Brautigan

challenging dark funny
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

2.0

Based on the reviews I have seen, this is a love-it-or-hate-it book, and I really wish I found there to be any morsel of genius so that I could love it, but yiiiikes this is incredibly bizarre and incoherent. 
The first half is boring as hell, and the second half is a tonal rollercoaster. Reading this book feels how I imagine it would feel to be the only sober person with a group of strangers that you are somehow in charge of keeping alive, who are all on psychedelics, and then right when you think they are going to fall asleep they all start to bad trip and scream. 
Honestly I just saved you the trouble of reading the book, but if that strikes your fancy, have at it. 

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