Reviews for Traffic and Laughter

The average rating for Traffic and Laughter based on 2 reviews is 2 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-03-28 00:00:00 Dror Birnbaum Disclaimer: I did not finish this book. I gave it 240 pages before realizing I couldn't bear slogging through another 160. I was promised a glimpse of the apocalypse, but all I got was diplomatic banter. Unlikeable characters putter around Los Angeles lying, cheating, and whining without anything significant happening. There were a few loose ends and unexplained coincidences I would have liked to see resolved, but I didn't want to waste any more of my time with a book that utterly failed to captivate me. Between the characters I couldn't trust, overly ambitious prose that rambled too much, and a non-existent plot, this book was a fail.

Review # 2 was written on 2016-02-09 00:00:00 robert sklenar It took me a while to get into this one. It is very dreamy and surreal, and the people bothered me in the beginning. But about halfway through I found the book's stride and I'm glad I did. The people still bothered me, but there was enough else going on that the annoyance was minimal. Not really sure what the "real" story is because it is kind of mixed up, but I think that is kind of the point.