u/knowsjack

Well, I’m sure other people have other reactions, but this book was a bit of a torture chamber for me, long digressive passages and the “when will this part end, and why am I reading it?” that reminded me of pushing through parts of Les Misérables. Only a mild payoff in the end, and it seems like the book would’ve been better at half the page count. I’m sure I’ll get flamed for this, but it wasn’t a length thing. It was just for me the almost irrelevance of some of the parts. I liked 1Q84, which was longer, so the page count doesn’t bother me.

And I love Garcia Marquez’s One Hundred Years (have read multiple times) so I don’t mind multiple threads.

I’m thinking Wild Sheep Chase next — supposedly more linear. Thoughts?

Not sure… But maybe I missed all the complaints about the vanilla shakes here.? I just had a horrible experience, with my first ever in and out vanilla shake.

Basically, it was almost like frozen ice cream, impossible to get through the straw. I tried everything, putting it in the sun, trying to mix it with the straw, find the little pockets where it was warmer from my hand holding it, but it was a really miserable experience for like 15 minutes, trying to get much through the straw. Finally, by the time I drove home, approaching my house when there was only a little bit left did it get to a consistency that I would consider Normal for a shake.

Is this Normal? I don’t really recall people talking about the shakes much, maybe that’s because they don’t and they’re not worth talking about.

I love their burgers, but I don’t think I would ever get another shake there.

Edit: Tarzana CA (on Ventura) location.