Members with This Book
Most Helpful Reviews
see all reviews
Liked It3 of 3 members found this review helpful “Another Southern Gothic work of genius from William Faulkner, with particular emphasis on the Gothic. Cracking the cover of “Absalom, Absalom!” is like stepping into a haunted house, so full of ghosts is this novel, which prefigures “Citizen Kane” in the way it burrows through murky layers of...” see full review » see other reviews » |
Didn’t Like It “Reading this book is like slogging through mud. Faulkner uses multiple narrators in an interesting but extremely difficult use of different perspectives. Towards the end when two of the narrators are speculating on past events, Faulkner uses stream-of-consciousness as a technique. Only through...” see full review » see other reviews » |
Newest Reviews
see all reviews-
“Greatest American novel of the 20th century.”
Ry R wrote this review Sunday, November 15 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“just getting rolling on this one, kind of my backup book.”
Paul S wrote this review Thursday, November 5 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“A worthy sequel / prequel to The Sound and the Fury. Faulkner explores time in his dynamic, amazing way. It's a chore to get through at times, but it's extremely rewarding, and it unveils more and more about the ever-fascinating Quentin Compson.”
Matt K wrote this review Monday, October 5 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“My Favorite Book! Wonderful nonlinear plot line that all comes togeher in the end if you keep reading. ”
Teen Lib wrote this review Tuesday, September 22 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Excellent. Intricately written. Narrated by Quentin, the doomed brother from "The Sound and the Fury".”
Leif wrote this review Monday, September 14 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“The story of Thomas Sutpen, an enigmatic stranger who came to Jefferson in the early 1830s to wrest his mansion out of the muddy bottoms of the north Mississippi wilderness. He was a man, Faulkner said, "who wanted sons and the sons destroyed him."”
Alexandra B wrote this review Friday, August 21 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“One of the toughest and most rewarding books I ever read. The density of the mulitiple narratives, the sheer volume of the information and complexity of the story are amazing, but daunting as well. I'd give this book five stars, but its so overwhelming that one does not really read it, one survives it. I don't know that's necessarily a flaw, but it has the quality of climbing a mountain, and I'm not sure how many mountains I could "love."”
Greg G wrote this review Thursday, August 13 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Another author that I have a hard time following; but finished the book.”
Ron W wrote this review Thursday, July 2 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Reading this book is like slogging through mud. Faulkner uses multiple narrators in an interesting but extremely difficult use of different perspectives. Towards the end when two of the narrators are speculating on past events, Faulkner uses stream-of-consciousness as a technique. Only through taking notes have I come close to understanding what Faulkner only hints at, and never says. His sentence structure is quite varied, from sentences as long a as a page to "Then he died." So by the end of the sentence you may have forgotten what the start of the sentence even said.
Sulianne T wrote this review Friday, March 27 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
If you're looking for something challenging that will leave you debating what really happened for hours, this is your novel. Otherwise you may want to throw it across the room in disgust.”
“My second most favorite Faulkner (after _The Sound and the Fury_). The family that is portrayed resounds on many levels. Faulkner's use of the English language to portray characters and unique situations is astounding!”
muque and shylock tomes wrote this review Wednesday, December 10 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
