The Adventures of Augie March

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I finally finished this book. It took me a long month but I needed to see where Augie ended up. I didn't necessarily dislike him but after awhile I just thought of him as lame. Unable to formulate opinions, swayed any which way by flattery, like a leaf blowing in the wind, not the kind of man that I would want to get hooked up with. Maybe because I don't believe in too much self introspection, I had a hard time feeling sorry for his breakup with Thea and his subsequent going off the deep end into his own pity party pool. He never found his way, acted like a rat in a maze, as long as he was getting rewarded, he followed, never setting his own path. I did like the development of the other characters, an interesting assortment of other odd human beings. I can understand the street hustlers considering the times, but how did everyone else survive? It was the Depression but people didn't seem to be hurting too badly. Maybe it was all the sex they were having! Well on to the next book, maybe with one of my own. And to Beth, how the heck did Purdue beat The Ohio State but ND lose to USC? Some bad karma somewhere. Till next time.