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Lincoln in the Bardo : a novel (2017) 2 stars

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2 stars

It's me and I obviously missed something.

Not a good sign when, 20 pages into the novel, I had to google, “How does one read Lincoln in the Bardo?” and I came across a video by the author instructing me on how to. Once I got that understanding…off I went and started to read. Still a little uncertain that I wasn’t entirely getting it…I also downloaded a cheat sheet to make sure that I wasn’t missing anything. And I did miss a few things. Not an ideal way of reading a novel.

Two parts of the novel that I had issues with. 1. The structure. Is that what one calls it? Once I got it in my head that I am to read the “ghosts” part of the novel as I'm reading an experimental theatre show script and the quotes from historical books to provide context like I was reading …