Funny, insightful, devastating. I was looking forward to reading the next instalment and seeing how things have gone for Matilda. I don’t know if this applies in the second half yet, A slow start, but really a good interesting read, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 21, 2019. Does it allow you to see God? Though possibly apocryphal, 4:20 references the gathering time for smoking marijuana outside San Rafael High School in Ma, 4:20 is an anachronism here. [2] The book details the conflict between two rival gangs divided by their socioeconomic status: the working-class "greasers" and the upper-class "Socs" (pronounced /ˈsoʊʃɪz/—short for Socials). I got a bit anxious even with the slump of ruminating characters. In 1943, LSD is synthesized in Basel. What’s the difference between this novel and Boyle’s “Drop City”? What an astonishingly unimpressive book. I recently read the stunning third novel, and wanted to read the rest. Matilda Darke is a great character with lots of personal problems but her love of the job and her team is foremost in her life. The best line of the book is the last line of dialogue from Timothy Leary; not only did it end the endless succession of completely predictable incidents and flat-line character arcs (Joanie and Corey are the only characters who remotely have any character development), but it confirmed everything the reader knew from the beginning. And for a trip-filled novel? I have to say it has exceeded my expectations from the little bit of disappointment I had for the first novel. After reading For Reasons Unknown I couldn't wait to get my hands on Michael Wood's second novel in the DCI Matilda Darke series and I sure as hell wasn't disappointed. It's not that TC didn't capture the trip details, but it was all so uninspired in its execution. I was very impressed with his debut novel, book #1 of the DCI Matilda Darke series titled For Unknown Reasons—an easy 5 star read. The beauty of the conflict juxtaposition is that it illuminates strengths and weaknesses on both sides and usually Boyle balances this well for me, but this felt out of balance and by the end felt more like an attack piece on the use of hal. Science? T. C. Boyle’s many musical cues placed throughout the story are always smartly chosen—from John Coltrane, Miles Davis, and the Modern Jazz Quartet, to Ravi Shankar and the inevitable epochal arrival of the Beatles—but also sort of lazy, like a greatest hits movie soundtrack. Yep, it’s nothing new and it’s kinda boring. The story is entertaining from start to finish and helps to remind us all that sometimes when we search for divinity...we can lose track of what is divine in ourselves. As always, Boyle brings so much humor as he shines a light on that time, exposing all the wonder and hypocrisy of Leary and his early acolytes. The ending electrified me. Be the first to ask a question about Outside Looking In. 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