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3.58 AVERAGE
3.58 AVERAGE
My favorite book of all time. Don't hesitate, read it.
Exactly what the title implies. Self conscious awesomeness. Enjoyed the first half especially!
I should've read this book in, or immediately following college. Still great. But would've been greater. Best book about ultimate frisbee.
My first experience with Eggers was Zeitoun which gave me high expectations for this book. While it had a promising beginning and I appreciated many specific portions throughout, it had a underwhelming ending. I probably would have liked this book a lot more if I was reading when it was originally published and I was in college.
I couldn't finish this. A bit long winded and self indulgent for me.
Did I like this book? Not really.
Did it have its moments of brilliance? Yes.
Do I hate it? No.
Would I read it again? Nah.
Did it have its moments of brilliance? Yes.
Do I hate it? No.
Would I read it again? Nah.
Maybe I'm just to old for this one but I thought it was awful. The only reason I finished it so quickly is I skipped and skimmed.
This was a reread. I read it as part of a high school English class, and I know I loved it, but I couldn't really remember the details of it that well. So when I found it on sale in a discount book store, I decided to pick it back up.
...and I still couldn't remember why I loved it so much. I went through some other reviews and here is my theory as to why. This book is about Dave Eggers experience in a "forced adulthood": maturity forced on him when his parents died and he had to take care of his younger brother. When I first read this, that was where I was in my life, but now I am a bit freer and in a better place to deal with what burdens I still have to carry. Consequently, this book doesn't speak to me the way it used to.
This isn't a bad book, and Dave Eggers by no means executed this book poorly, but it's voice speaks to a very specific group of people going through a very specific phase in their lives.
...and I still couldn't remember why I loved it so much. I went through some other reviews and here is my theory as to why. This book is about Dave Eggers experience in a "forced adulthood": maturity forced on him when his parents died and he had to take care of his younger brother. When I first read this, that was where I was in my life, but now I am a bit freer and in a better place to deal with what burdens I still have to carry. Consequently, this book doesn't speak to me the way it used to.
This isn't a bad book, and Dave Eggers by no means executed this book poorly, but it's voice speaks to a very specific group of people going through a very specific phase in their lives.
Overall I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Eggers did a great job of pulling the reader in through his sense of humor and "off the beaten path" style. I would definitely recommend this book to others, and only hesitated to give it 5 stars because I feel that sometimes it was just rather long-winded and, well, it just takes a lot for me to want to give a book 5 stars.