Chapter IX Pgs: 87-95

An insane twist!! They go to Spain to fish . . . so exciting. The book continues to follow the slow . . . boring . . . uneventful pattern that has been unraveling since the opening chapter. Jake continues to be somewhat depressed and reserved as he has been since he met Brett. Brett continues to be spontaneous with her newest fling being with Cohn. Cohn is still kind of the “dumb” one for lack of a better term and the other characters are somewhat unimportant. Perhaps the fact that they had to eat lunch late on the train will lead to something exciting fueled by their outrage, “‘Go to Hell!’ said Bill. ‘Get the sandwiches made and a bottle of wine. You tell him, Jake,’” but I doubt it. I’m finding the book difficult to analyze since all that happens is binge drinking. Well maybe that’s a bit extreme but never the less the book is boring. Also, I’m not really understanding the point of the separation between “book 1” and “book 2.” Nothing drastically changed like the point of view of the narrator and other than going to Spain everything is virtually the same. Maybe the reason for the separation will become more evident as I drudge on through this book.