Title: A novel for "intellectuals."
Product review: This book has some very good sentences in it, but that's about it. There is no story, and no characters. These two -- Sophie and Otto -- are humorless, pretentious people living in a gentrified section of Brooklyn and who do nothing but gripe about the "conditions" of the neighborhood. A homeless person actually urinates across the street! Isn't that just shocking! The whole incident with the cat bite I thought completely contrived and not credible for a second. The tone here, too, seems off: is this some kind of satire? If so, what's being satirized? It's not over-the-top nor humorous enough to justify satire. Is it supposed to be an earnest drama then? Then please, give us some characters who actually have conflict -- the stuff of drama.It astounds me how many people rave about this book. Sophie and Otto are just insipid and dull, as is the story.
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