Julian's Thoughts

After reading the positively stunning reviews of Open City, I feel, as a high-school senior who certainly did not share similar views, that I cannot comprehend/enjoy the praised qualities of the book. If professional opinions of specialists in this field resulted in the amount of praise Teju Cole received, I must be missing something. That is not to say that I still dislike the book. I found the writing dense, and overly profound, like trying to row a canoe in a gravel path to get your mail. Perhaps as I advance through life, I will one day revisit and possibly appreciate Teju Cole’s prose.