102 reviews for:

Glory Days

Simon Rich

4.1 AVERAGE

funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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nyash610's review

5.0
funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced
funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced
funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

cool_papa_g's review

2.5
funny lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: N/A
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Not bad. Not great either. I found some of the stories clever and funny, some were not. It is a very quick read. 

glenberger's review

4.0
funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

A very quick read (or in this case, listen--John Mulaney makes for a hilarious narrator, with a surprising range of voices, including 23 minutes of a Chico-level Italian accent for Mario, and a dim-witted if sincere Goliath).
If I were a bit younger, i'm sure these millennial-slanted stories would hit even harder, but even so--they were consistently funny and occasionally even unexpectedly sweet and sentimental. I'm used to literary fiction, which suddenly seems way more serious than it has to be.

brookshrich's review

4.5
funny hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
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mackyjo's review

3.75
funny lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Fun to listen to John Mullaney narrate. The author is certainly eccentric and at times very funny. 
funny fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

cmatekel's review

3.75
funny fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Loveable characters: N/A
Diverse cast of characters: No