Brenschluss
I have passed the halfway point. I’m on page 398, still in section 3, which has unfolded in a form more or less close to what I predicted. There are some additional conflicts emerging, and Slothrop is in a hell of a new bind, adding to the interest driving my motivation for finishing.
A couple of overachievers have finished the novel, so the contest aspect is essentially over. I guess we have to decide what to buy for Jared now. Finishing the book by the end of the month has been a sort of informal goal in this game, and, though I’m well behind several of the other readers, I’m still on track for that. One of the commenters says that Section 4 is a return to Section 1’s form, and, honestly, I eagerly await it. It’s nice to have some plot and a touch of clarity driving the novel, but the twistings of words into opaque tapestries in Section 1 where setting and character floated in and out of consciousness was such a unique drug. I want more.