Title: A Failed Experiment
Product review: David Foster Wallace certainly conducts an interesting experiment with this collection of shorts. He has a knack for writing in the present, or capturing a moment that, in many ways, is unprecedented. He portrays the absurdity of contemporary culture in a way that makes the the reader feel close to the oddities and peculiarities. However, Wallace often fails to create characters that are compelling and interesting. When he manages to do so, and he begins gaining momentum, he is often slowed by a less compelling, or tedious short. The stories themselves are often redundant, and what seemed to be a cohesive series of shorts soon becomes a tedious compilation of repetitive stories.
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