1. What is your reaction to the novel as a whole? If you liked it, what did you enjoy most about it? If you didn't, what about the story did you find lacking?
I really enjoyed reading Paul Auster’s novel, Oracle Night. Even though the novel consists of a novel within a novel the plot was clear and I was able to keep track of the events. What I enjoyed most about the novel was the author’s writing style, footnotes and stories within stories. Auster uses simple language and through his characters he skillfully describes their exterior and interior worlds. The novel is enjoyable and its writing style grasps the readers attention.
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Oracle Night is an extremely enjoyable novel! Also, as you have mentioned, the author's writing style is very unique. Besides the footnotes, there is also the fact that the book isn't divided into passages or parts or chapters, which I believe helps in the flow of ideas. Personally, I believe that this will later help in the message that Paul Auster is trying to get out, time is continuous and linear.
From all the novels that you have read in the past, somehow I believe that this one is different. In a way it reminded me of The Solitaire Mystery, where Jostein Gaarder uses the same technique of a story within a story.
I also liked reading Oracle Night, but probably not for the same reasons you did. You are right about keeping track of the events; he wasn't going all over the place like in One Hundred Years of Solitude, he would tell his "mini-stories" clearly and concisely, and he would tell them with skill. What made me love the novel most was that it made me want to write. It filled me up with the desire to write a book, and be able to put my own ideas, characters, and plots on paper. I think Paul Auster achieved this because of his description of writing in his Portuguese notebook, and because of his great story-telling ability. You also said that his writing style "grasps the reader's attention", and i would have to agree with that point. His "notebook" style of writing seems very convincing due to not dividing the book into chapters, putting alot of footnotes, and writing in the first-person point of view. Overall, I like your opinion!
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