Herzog Audiobook

" Certain novels opened doors of wonder. This is one of them. "

" Abandoned. I hate to admit defeat. I'll give Bellow another try with a different book, but this one got me. Just coulnd't get past about 150 pages. "

" A strange, but compelling book. I'm not familiar with Saul Bellow's work, other than this book, but would like to read some more. "

" Bellow is really into imposing the phallus. I put up with the flaccid intellectualizing until I got to the part where the Japanese lover declares herself aroused by the sight of a flasher's penis. Dammit, Bellow, "Adventures of Augie March" was such a promising start! "

" For future-reference's sake, I found this comment of mine in another thread: (I couldn't even bring myself to write a review of Herzog, for which I wavered between 4 and 5 stars!) "

" Wonderful opening line. All the way downhill from there. "

" Book about man who learns to let go of words. "

" This is the only Saul Bellow book I have ever read. But I can say that I felt the characters were all so very unlikeable. So much so that I just couldn't care about their problems. If anything seemed like it would get interesting, Herzog just starting whining again. "

" I liked Bellow's quirky humor, interesting settings and fun characters. On the other hand, I will never forgive him for (as I see it) dooming american literature to decades of crushing boredom from the litfic crowd. "

" Sometimes people say "women don't really like Saul Bellow" but I didn't think that was true until I read Herzog. It was good, and Bellow is a good writer, but I did not like reading Herzog. "

" Herzog (Penguin Classics) by Saul Bellow (2003) "

" Philosophically complex ... emotionally gratifying ... a labyrinth of letters written by a lonely man. "

" Obviously astoudingly brilliant, but in that way that makes me glad I'm done and don't have to read it (or the author) again. "

" A depressing and implausible tale about divorce. There are a few witty lines and ideas but not enough to make it worth slogging through. Apparently this was not the best first Saul Bellow book to start with. "

" Not an easy read, but well worth it. "

" Well-written and engaging, but too solipsistic, masturbatory, and macho for me. "

" Letters inside of letters inside of backstory inside of letters. Time is a total mind fuck in this book. Also, one of the best first lines ever: "If I am out of my mind, that's alright with me, thought Moses Herzog." "

" I had trouble building much sympathy for Herzog and all his whining. Granted, his ex wife and friends were not much help, but for pete's sake, get a grip! "

" Herzog o la vida y obra de un típico judío norteamericano de clase media. "

" The man can write a sentence. I bogged down in the middle, found myself thinking "who cares?" after spending too much time in the protagonist's interior monologue and began to lose faith, but soldiered on, and the last third was very good. "

" Extremely raw, very depressing at times, and neurotically beautiful. I read it because Jeffrey Eugenides recommended it on NPR. I didn't regret it. "

" I had trouble building much sympathy for Herzog and all his whining. Granted, his ex wife and friends were not much help, but for pete's sake, get a grip! "

" Herzoga ne velja brati, ce niste pri volji za psihoanaliticno lamentiranje v vrtincu srednjih let izgubljenega moškega. Ce pa ste, je Herzog cisto zanimiva in dobro napisana knjiga. "

" Best thing about this book was the cover. Over hyped. Appreciate it was well written. But really, I like a stronger narrative and the self-invovled introspection was too much to make the story enjoyable. "

" Hell of a funny book. "