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Title: too disjointed for my pleasure
Review: I just could not enjoy Dan Chaon's *You Remind Me of Me*. I found Chaon's storytelling to be too wordy for me. In addition, he admits to being a short story writer. Therefore, you're sent forward and backward in time, among different characters and their perspectives. I'm not sure he he's trying to do it like Audrey Niffenegger's *The Time Traveler's Wife* but was unsuccessful in doing so.The first three chapters were interesting and I had thought that I would enjoy this book. However, beyond the third chapter (and certain excerpts in other chapters), the story goes downhill. For me, it was troublesome remembering who was who in what year and whatnot.In addition, I found Chaon to be too wordy in storytelling. I had to put the book down for little mental and visual breaks. Plus, I found the characters to be too depressing. It was as if life is just plain dull and there's nothing good coming out of it.
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