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A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan

A Visit from the Goon Squad

by Jennifer Egan
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  • First Published:
  • Jun 8, 2010, 288 pages
  • Paperback:
  • Mar 2011, 288 pages
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Sahari H.

Could not get past Chapter 3
I could NOT get past Chapter 3. Very boring, stupid book. Got a recommendation on TikTok for this book and just can't read it.
R Leslie

The Gang Worthy of the briefest visit.
My attention was captured briefly by the confessions of a compulsive thief who is slightly redeemed by her compassion for one of her many victims. But after plodding through a copse of characters sketched thinly enough to make them almost immediately forgettable, and trying skipping about on a bit of a scavenger hunt for meaning (for me) - finding none I closed the book without looking back.
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