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3.58 AVERAGE
3.58 AVERAGE
I know everybody loves this book, perhaps I just read it at the wrong time in my life. Nonetheless, I found it to be very depressing and there were parts I enjoyed, but overall I just couldn't get into it.
Truly stunning. This was so unique it felt like I was personally talking with the author. My heart just couldn't contain all of the feeling wrapped up in the story of Dave and tops. The title says it all. While sometimes it veered off topic, something new and beautiful was discovered every time. Loved it.
This novel sparked one of the most spirited discussions my book club ever had. Readers either loved it or hated it. I loved it, and it introduced us to Dave Eggers, a treasure of an author.
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
I was not a big fan of this book. Although I found some of his stories interesting and laughed out loud in a few places, for the most part, I found myself just wanting to be done with the book. I didn't think that some parts of the book (including the rambling, stream of consciousness sections about frisbee or something minor like that) were necessary, at all. Also, I spent half the book trying to figure out what the book was about. (SPOILER ALERT) I thought that the book was going to be about raising his younger brother after his parents both passed away, and the impact this had on his life. Although that is a major theme throughout, I felt as though this was often lost when sharing other stories that just didn't seem to fit in with the larger picture (the memories of the magazine/Adam Rich's "death", the memories of the "sexologist," etc.). Maybe I'm missing the overall message behind these recollections, but they just seemed to detract from the book itself.
I wanted to like this more. After the preface and early bits, including a lot of disclaimers, I had high hopes. It's a memoir, and the issues facing the author are daunting. I would argue that he does a better job of writing about the events than he did at living his life as a 20-something. I get that.
A little too meta for me. The author spends a lot of time analyzing his own thoughts and actions. There are lengthy sections that go off on thought tangents. Characters step out of character to criticize the author's treatment of the story. These are new and interesting literary devices in the first chapters of the book, but after 500 pages they become repetitive.
Veelbelovend begin, vreselijk middendeel en redelijk ontgoochelend einde. Mijn goesting om Wat is de Wat te lezen is een beetje over.