Blue Highways - Initial response

After just a few senteces into this book i thought that I would like it. It seemed like a good plot. Some man has decided to drive off because his life was kind of falling apart. But I must say that I do not like this book at all. I found it very difficult to read over spring break, because I could not see the plot going somewhere. So far it does not seem to be building up to some sort of climax, I cannot find a major conflict. There is only one main character too... unless you count the van.

The only thing that happens in this book is he meets new people, and describes them for a few pages then moves on. The people themselves are interesting enough, such as the couple building the boat, and the fishermen with the crabs. The scene in the woods near the grave site was interesting. However the story is not going anywhere. There need to be a plot of some kind to make a good book.

I can not find any sort of literary elements in this book. There is no character development, no antagonists or protagonists, no symbolism, just no story line at all. However, I would not say that this book is absolutly aweful to read (if my post so far has come off that way). Like I said, the poeple are interesting. I would just like a book with more sense and meaning to it. I would not reccomend this but to anyone, however I think that if I were to describe some of the characters in this book most people would find them to be interesting.