Absurdistan Reflection

Although Absurdistan can be quite disgusting and morally crude at times, the book wasn't all that bad.  Shteyngart's unique style of writing makes for a pretty interesting read.  The dark and clever humor, including the satire, provides comedic relief from the somewhat depressing book.  Another great aspect of the book was the imagery.  Shteyngart describes almost every event in the book with a vast array of vocabulary that appeals to the readers senses.  Unfortunately, I think the book would have been better if all of the profanity and dirty scenes had been left out.  These scenes, however, do help develop Misha's character and the plot of the book, but they do seem unnecessary at times.  Shteyngart incorporates politics and politicians into the book, but I didn't really understand all of the political jokes.  Besides the politics, I think I caught the main points of the book.  All in all, the book was descent.