Only Revolutions: A Novel

Only Revolutions: A Novel
by Mark Z. Danielewski

Only Revolutions: A Novel
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Author: Mark Z. Danielewski
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-07-10
ISBN: 0375713905
Number of pages: 384
Publisher: Pantheon

Book Reviews of Only Revolutions: A Novel

Book Review: Trying, but no HoL.
Summary: 4 Stars

I'll be the first to say, I absolutely fell in love with House of Leaves, this lead me to read more of Danielewski, that of which I do not regret. The whalestoe letters were great, and the 50 year sword, amazing.

This is not to be classed with those books.

This book is more of a freeform poetry style of writing, and is notoriously difficult to read. You read 8 pages of Sam, and then flip and read 8 pages of Hailey. You'll understand that when you get it. The book chronicles the road trip of a young couple, and is very well stylized in doing so.

I wouldn't dare say this book is bad, and overall I'd recommend this book. I was just hoping for something as engrossing as House of Leaves. It let me down in that aspect, but it also surprised me in many ways.

Summary of Only Revolutions: A Novel

Sam:
They were with us before Romeo & Juliet. And long after too. Because they're forever around. Or so both claim, carolling gleefully:

We're allways sixteen.

Sam & Hailey, powered by an ever-rotating fleet of cars, from Model T to Lincoln Continental, career from the Civil War to the Cold War, barrelling down through the Appalachians, up the Mississippi River, across the Badlands, finally cutting a nation in half as they try to outrace History itself.

By turns beguiling and gripping, finally worldwrecking, Only Revolutions is unlike anything ever published before, a remarkable feat of heart and intellect, moving us with the journey of two kids, perpetually of summer, perpetually sixteen, who give up everything except each other.

Hailey:
They were with us before Tristan & Isolde. And long after too. Because they're forever around. Or so both claim, gleefully carolling:

We're allways sixteen.

Hailey & Sam, powered by an ever-rotating fleet of cars, from Shelby Mustang to Sumover Linx, careen from the Civil Rights Movement to the Iraq War, tearing down to New Orleans, up the Mississippi River, across Montana, finally cutting a nation in half as they try to outrace History itself.

By turns enticing and exhilarating, finally breathtaking, Only Revolutions is unlike anything ever conceived before, a remarkable feat of heart and intellect, moving us with the journey of two kids, perpetually of summer, perpetually sixteen, who give up everything except each other.
Mark Danielewski's first novel House of Leaves is a cult-favorite--experimental horror fiction in a gorgeous (and newly remastered) full-color package. His new book Only Revolutions takes the experiment 10 steps further in a story about teenage lovers Hailey and Sam: the book is printed on two sides--one side tells the story from Hailey's point of view, flip it over and you get Sam's side (literally). We caught a glimpse inside the mind-bending new novel--take a look for yourself below.


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