The Intuitionist: A Novel | Colson Whitehead | Provacative and well-written

The Intuitionist: A Novel | Colson Whitehead | "When you get to the bottom, you go back to the top..."

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	The Intuitionist: A Novel Colson Whitehead Anchor, 2000 - 272 pages average customer review:based on 79 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Provacative and well-written

That says it all. I loved this book.

"When you get to the bottom, you go back to the top..."

I had a hard time figuring out what I thought of this book. Its hard to get into at first and then proceeds to excellerate and decellerate wildly. Parts of the narrative were interesting-- mostly the section that directly address the issue of race through flashbacks. The main character, Lila Mae Watson is someone you can root for but she gets lost in what disintegrates into a unfulfilling "whodunit?" ( Think pulpy fiction.)

In general, the book does not flow well. It felt like the author diliberately set out to challenge the reader rather than write a story; and it shows. There are some interesting but unecc. confusing change of narratives. Ultimately, the book is not memorably.

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