The Crying of Lot 49: Oedipa's invisible layers (3)

I know it sound terrible but I've been trying to label/classify Oedipa since the beginning of the book. Usually most characters in novels fit into a stereotype, and the reason behind Oedipa's uniqueness is not that she has a lot of traits, but rather the lack of any. She doesn't talk in a certain way or dress in a certain style to give us hints of what kind of person she is. She goes from being completely dull to being hilariously odd. I couldn't describe her in one word because no words would come to mind.

Another character that bugs me is Metzeger: he is not funny, handsome or even really nice. He might have a pretty face but his belly is gross and he's old and there's just something unlikeable about him. It might be part of the satire to make the lover some fugly lawyer though...

As for the plot, it is way too confusing for it's own good. I cant understand what;s going on because there is no connections between one event and the next, it's like action jump from here to there like pop corn kernels in a pot. I like how he author foreshadows a lot because it makes the suspense rise and I love that in books.

The Crying of Lot 49: Cheese (2)

A great example of a book I'd gladly light on fire (if it wasn't for the unnecessary CO2 emissions) is Twilight. The plot is a mess, the dialogue is dripping with cheese and the characters are insanely bipolar (not to mention that by the end they all drift into the same personality).

Usually my least favorite kind of novel is the romantic kind, I've only read one of that type that I liked: 'Crooked' by Laura and Tom McNeal. It's not like the mainstream romantic novels, and even although I would read it again, I have to admit it does a great job at keeping you entertained. My favorite part was when that one guy picked up a rabbit and used it to beat up that other guy (good thing it's just a book or else I'd cry for the rabbit).

The Crying of Lot 49 has a perception of romance. In a typical kissing scene both characters are in love with each other and have lived for this moment, not to mention they're both good looking (ahem Bella and Edward). Metzger has a pretty face but also middle-aged man belly and Oedipa is not the typical damsel in distress and is temporarily transformed into a beach ball, the the romantic scene between those two is further from being romantic than it is from being gross.

Crying of Lot 49:Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds (1)

I still remember how my grandma freaked out when she found out what that song was really about.

So the book is situated between the 50's or 60's, meaning the big bang of drugs is starting to or about to start to happen, but that doesn't matter since LSD has been around sing the late 1930's. My dad once told me the story of how LSD was invented and how it was meant to be used for medical purposes, but what caught my attention most was how the scientist who invented it felt the effect for the first time himself when he got high by mistake. He took a small amount but underestimated the effect it would cause and went home in his bicycle and called a doctor thinking he was ill, not intoxicated.

Not long ago there was a debate on wether the personal dosage of marijuana should be allowed in Colombia for those who used it for medicinal purposes. If I'm not wrong, pretty soon it will be legal to carry around a small bag with weed around as long as it's not too much and something just tells me that a leakage in the system will happen. It wouldn't be the first time teenagers squeeze around the law to get away with being cool, fake I.D.s are a great example of this: they're like a backstage pass into the adult world and these silly runts cant their hands off them.

No matter how much they forbid people form getting their hands on certain substances there's is virtually no possible way of doing so completely. We're just that smart.