Expected a Romp, Got a Bummer
3 stars
I enjoy Waters' movies so I thought I would give this book a try. The one good thing about it - it was a breezy quick read.
The story is absurd but not in the fun goofy way I was expecting. It was just ... off in very fundamental ways. From blocking that just made no sense to motivations that came from nowhere, this books is a mess. That is to say nothing of the wandering viewpoint that hops around randomly to tell something then hop back. And the telling. "Show don't tell" is not advice that was heeded for this book. Waters at every point lets you know exactly what you should think by just splatting it out there. I didn't expect subtlety, but I did expect narrative competence.
Overall, I cannot recommend this to anyone. I think the time to read this book would better be spent watching …
I enjoy Waters' movies so I thought I would give this book a try. The one good thing about it - it was a breezy quick read.
The story is absurd but not in the fun goofy way I was expecting. It was just ... off in very fundamental ways. From blocking that just made no sense to motivations that came from nowhere, this books is a mess. That is to say nothing of the wandering viewpoint that hops around randomly to tell something then hop back. And the telling. "Show don't tell" is not advice that was heeded for this book. Waters at every point lets you know exactly what you should think by just splatting it out there. I didn't expect subtlety, but I did expect narrative competence.
Overall, I cannot recommend this to anyone. I think the time to read this book would better be spent watching two or three of his films.