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amaldae's review against another edition
4.5
Miss Lonelyhearts - 4.75, read March 04-08 2015
Day of the Locust - 4, read February 13-19 2015
Day of the Locust - 4, read February 13-19 2015
raymond_murphy's review against another edition
3.0
Liked "Miss Lonely Hearts," but "the Day of the Locust" did not grab me. Too bleak. Could not get into the movie either.
nnikif's review against another edition
4.0
У Веста два основных "регистра": апокалиптические проповеди о судьбах цивилизации и безумствующий реализм. Второй его регистр мне более симпатичен, поэтому The Day of the Locust, в котором, несмотря на название, он преобладает, понравился больше. Многие сцены просто таки шедевры: театрализированная ругань папы и дочки Гринеров, блуждание по голливудской студии с последующим крушением декораций, петушиный бой, драка глазами Гомера Симпсонов.
jbaby's review against another edition
3.0
Miss Lonelyhearts was better than The Day of the Locust. Neither sucked so I don't feel like I wasted my time.
gwit's review against another edition
5.0
Both stories 5 star. Both incredibly dark. Their comment on society as appropriate today as when they were published. Because my edition contains both works in a single book, I read them one after the other. I wish I had left a multi week gap between reading them.
pfwhitman's review against another edition
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Miss Lonely Hearts
Maybe it's just not my style of writing or topic but I didn't really enjoy this. It's about a love column writer in the '30s who realizes his job has ruined him and tries anything to feel something.
Day of the Locust
Starting slow, I came to like it more and more and found it to be a really great read. A look into early 30s Hollywood and the vagrants that filled the city and everyone else who fled to a California that only exists in their dreams.
"Their boredom becomes more and more terrible. They realize that they've been tricked and burn with resentment. Every day of their lives they read the newspapers and went to the movies. Both fed them on lynchings, murder, sex crimes, explosions, wrecks, love nests, fires, miracles, revolutions, wars. This daily diet made sophisticates of them. The sun is a joke. Oranges can't titillate their jaded palates. Nothing can ever be violent enough to make taut their slack minds and bodies. They have been cheated and betrayed. They have slaved and saved for nothing."
Maybe it's just not my style of writing or topic but I didn't really enjoy this. It's about a love column writer in the '30s who realizes his job has ruined him and tries anything to feel something.
Day of the Locust
Starting slow, I came to like it more and more and found it to be a really great read. A look into early 30s Hollywood and the vagrants that filled the city and everyone else who fled to a California that only exists in their dreams.
"Their boredom becomes more and more terrible. They realize that they've been tricked and burn with resentment. Every day of their lives they read the newspapers and went to the movies. Both fed them on lynchings, murder, sex crimes, explosions, wrecks, love nests, fires, miracles, revolutions, wars. This daily diet made sophisticates of them. The sun is a joke. Oranges can't titillate their jaded palates. Nothing can ever be violent enough to make taut their slack minds and bodies. They have been cheated and betrayed. They have slaved and saved for nothing."
kdog's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
fromsalom's review against another edition
challenging
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
3.25