2.5/5. this was too weird, even for me. the prose was way too simplistic, and I don't usually mind simplistic. It was also boring because the prose was so stilted, simplistic, and the plot didn't make a lot of sense. some parts that I did enjoy read more like a tripped out version of Walt Disney, with the talking tigers teaching the protagonist (at the age of 9) arithmetic after they ate his parents. I feel like I'm missing something here, as I fail to understand how Brautigan is considered a genius.