42 Books
See allI found myself oscillating between thinking “what a wanker” and “this guy's a genius!” several times per page.
Half self-indulgent, self-congratulating faff, half possibly-life-changing insight.
Odell at one point mentions writing the book in Oakland in 2018, and it's like... “don't worry, we can tell.”
It would have been a vastly superior book if Gibson had spent less time on Twitter and Google Maps as he was writing it.
Would have detonated my gourd had I read it in high school. I imagine my evaluation of it will improve on second reading.