![]() There is something about it could simply be based on his experience with love, in the sense that he barely received it from his parents and also he was sexaully abused as minor by a celergyman, which ultimately manifested in a twisted reasoning behind how relationships should be treated. It really goes to show that our narrator did in fact want it but would end up sabotaging it. What made up for this had been the theme of love. So the timeline for that also felt off as I am assuming he was in his mid thirties when it was written and now he was in forties, essentially I was confused of the span of this book more than I thought I would be. Because it seemed as though this was written during the publication process of Diary of an Oxygen Thief. I felt that it was breaking the fourth wall more than what I had been anticipating. ![]() What had been difficult about this book would definitely be the timeline of this book. So it honestly led me to wonder how men outside of America act, more than anything because everything came back to him wanting to be in New York. The experience the narrator had with women spans not only experiences within America but also abroad, along with internalized notions of what he deemed to be ‘americanism’. It was graphic because it felt too real to be considered fiction. If people hated the first book because of graphic nature, then this one definitely took the cake between both works. If anything I felt more played because I could see how it is a continuation but at the same time not. Like it wasn’t good but it wasn’t bad either. However, it is mostly a just a fascinating look at a character who, real or fictional, is a compelling person to learn about through what he says, and how he tells his story through his shaky narration.Ok, this one is definitely like a 3-3.5/5 book. Overall, Diary of an Oxygen Thief is a really interesting autobiographical story which can at times be either very funny, or extremely shocking. It’s all a part of the character and not an actual criticism of the book. Especially when this is a story of a manipulative misogynist. ![]() However, since I consider this to be more of a character study of the author rather than just a story told by him, it’s hard to regard this as a negative aspect of the story. The only main criticism for the story I have is that sometimes it can seem rather self-indulgent. Not only with what he has said, but the evident mannerisms that have shown in his writing, even without knowing what his name is. And by the end of the book, you get the sense that you know the narrator extremely well. Because, technically, that’s most of what the story is, until you take into account that it is more of a character study. However with the constant sense of almost certain unreliable narration, a thread of paranoia weaved throughout every page, and rapid jumping forward and backward in time, it becomes much more interesting than just a simple story of a man’s rise and fall. It follows his journey, beginning as a ruthless misogynistic man who takes pleasure in causing psychological damage, until, as he describes early on in the book, receiving the same treatment later on as he finds himself falling for a woman. Moving onto the actual book, the story is a very interesting retelling of a character’s (whether it’s fictional or non-fiction is up to speculation, and part of the interest of the story) struggle with life, and particularly his relationships with particular women. I’m not sure why and I know they say not to judge a book by its cover but there’s something about it I just love. In fact the main reason I picked it up in the first place was because I loved how minimalistic it looked. I think I heard someone mention it once a while ago, but apart from that, I had no idea what it was about or anything else about it. ![]() I didn’t really have any expectations for this book whatsoever.
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