Eeeee Eee Eeee by Tao Lin
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Book Reviews of Eeeee Eee Eeee
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Summary: 4 Stars
I picked an arbitrary title to echo the seemingly arbitrary nature of the book--which echoed life, I suppose, and I'm not trying to say that in a pretentious, hipster, snarky sort of way. I say that because those three adjectives appear to describe the majority of Tao Lin's readers, and more importantly, the people who are reviewing this book on amazon.
Why we can't help but compare Tao Lin's style with Miranda July's is something I don't quite understand. I like them both in different ways. Perhaps they even belong to that new, unnamed genre that circles above our heads when we read exciting text that challenges modern notions of storytelling and literature.
I guess that's not what you're hear to learn. I liked this book, it was quite a crazy ride that I wanted to stop many times, but for some reason it hooked me, even with its foreign writing style, and so I rode it, I rode that goddamn ride to the very end, and I'm glad I did.
Book Review: The Trap-Doors of The Human Condition: Why Tao Lin is the Asian John Updike
Summary: 4 Stars
With Eeeee Eee Eeee, Tao Lin, who some have called (not inaccurately) the Asian John Updike, has written an exquisitely modern parable of the loneliness and depression faced by a new generation of young people in America. From the bored and blanket-wielding bears to the hyper-sensitive dolphins, to the sad, obsessive musings of a lonely pizza delivery boy, Eeeee Eee Eeee is a macaroni portrait of despair and yearning. It is a great read for a lying-in-bed-all-day-because the weight of the world is too much-day. The only reason this novel falls short of 5 stars, in the humble opinion of this reviewer, is due to the fact that though there are many scenes of violence towards Elijah Wood, they are not quite horrific enough to satisfy the senses.Book Review: yes
Summary: 4 Stars
i liked this novel.
this book put me in a bad mood and made me feel miserable.
but in between that it made me feel very happy.
best of all i liked the bits with the bears and the moose and the dolphins.
Book Review: Tao Lin is a terrific author
Summary: 4 Stars
I admit this is a really really weird book, but I enjoy it a lot. It's probably not for everyone but the people who do enjoy it will really enjoy it.Book Review: A bit overwhelming, but good
Summary: 3 Stars
Immediately upon finishing "Shoplifting From American Apparel" I started reading "Eeeee Eee Eeee". I found "Eeeee Eee Eeee" to be quite similar to "Shoplifting..." stylistically, but definitely more fitting for a novel, rather than the shorter novella of "Shoplifting..."
Lin plays with themes throughout the book of boredom, regret, lonliness, depression and general apathy and mixes them with dreamlike states of talking animals, an alien, the President, a few actors and other non-sequitors to propel the action through to the end. There is a general feeling of traveling through a dream-like state present throughout.
The beginning of the book, in my opinion, was quite confusing, as ideas were introduced and then piled onto each other immediately. There are a few chapters in the beginning that consist of pages upon pages of non-sequitors and constantly shifting themes, locations and conversations. Thankfully, by the middle there is a little bit more of a cohesive character to the novel. At the very end things really start to take shape as some philosophical discussions develop from the President, who is an alien that is just as fed up and hopeless about life as the rest of the characters in the book.
Overall I really enjoyed this book and found that once I began to read it I would plow through 70 or 100 pages in one sitting. I am definitely going to read it again, as I imagine that the dense nature of the ideas that are layered on top of each other would hold up to a 2nd or 3rd reading.