A New Book

So I realized I wrote this blog awhile ago, but never really posted it, so I guess i'm sharing my initial reactions to Libra.

My first thoughts of Libra were uncertain ones. I did not know what to expect transitioning from reading about slavery to about Kennedy’s assassination. Before reading this book I did not really know much about Kennedy’s assassination, nor did I know why there was such a big hype of his assassination. I did not know why people found it finding to find the “truth” of Kennedy’s murder despite that the fact that we already know who did it.  

So the book starts off with many different storylines which made the story hella confusing. I had troubles piecing together who was who. One thing I had trouble with is I had trouble following the conversations of people and would get lost with who was who and what was going on. Even though we are spending more time reading this book it just does not seems enough. Just when I feel like I am about to understand the characters something crazy happens and suddenly there is random stuff happening in the future?

Despite the difficulty in understanding what is going on, I still enjoy this book. I think that the plot is interesting by giving us the perspective of Kennedy’s shooter, the CIA, and the mob. It really feels like reading an old-spy novel. I don't know what to expect yet. The book seems to not yet have pieced each component together yet, leading for me wanting to know more about just how Kennedy’s assassination in Dan Delillo’s story.