The Everlasting Story of Nory (1998 original; edició 1999)

If you are the type of person who generally finds children to be charming, you will likely be utterly charmed by this book.

If however, you are like me, and find most children to be tiresome, you will find this book tiresome.

The writing really does brilliantly capture the voice of a precocious child. Points for craftsmanship. ( )

Nicholson Baker is an amazing writer, with a talent to write a variety of stories in different styles. The writing in this book is excellent, with Mr. Baker using the voice of a nine-year-old girl in a highly believable manner. Unfortunately, the concept is more intriguing than the story, which I found rather boring. ( )

Nicholson Baker's children's book....for adults. It's not that the language is rough (it's not) or that there's anything particularly graphic (I could have done without one dream sequence however), it's more the train of thought. Although I don't know if "train of thought" would be the proper term since the train is rarely on the tracks. In typical Baker style, he's all over the place with observations of the commonplace, but in this case, from a little girl's point of view. It didn't really work until about two-thirds of the way through when he cut down on the random a little and followed a steady storyline. I'm glad I read on to that point, I almost put the book down before that. It didn't make the book great, but it at least made it ok. ( )

"The Everlasting Story of Nory" by Nicholson Baker is as fleeting as a child's imagination. Baker's book consists entirely of vignettes from a nine year old American girl living in England life and the stories that she creates. Baker is quite good at capturing the conversations and thought process of a young child but there is not much of a plot. I only read about half of the book because the descriptions of Nory's every day life were just too banal for my taste. ( )

Gave up after 10 chapters of 9-year-old musings with no plot. One review said the chapters could have been jumbled up without making a difference. ( )