A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan (2010)

Why read?  Sometimes for escape, sometimes to experience a different existence from my own, sometimes for the emotions & understanding of self and others evoked by the story.  I selected this book because it was on many of the top 10 book lists of 2010 and I am looking at a number of these books as possible reading group books.

I just started reading this book, and am struck by the insight into the psychology of the two main characters:  Sasha and Bennie.  They each have deep seated emotional problems, for which they are seeking therapy.  I've just read the first Sasha section and the first Bennie section, and I feel for them, experiencing their personal problems through their own eyes.  The writing is straightforward, but, so far, the story is told tenderly, with sympathy for Sasha and Bennie.

This struck me so much, that I thought I would write as I move through the novel to tell how it affects me as the story unfolds.