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3.58 AVERAGE
3.58 AVERAGE
I'd probably give it 2.5 stars, but it just took so long to slog through. I don't know if it was so hard to get through because I have been busy and distracted and didn't give it the focus I should have, or if it just didn't hold my interest. I felt like this book took me a year to finish, but it was only a little more than a month. When you typically read a book a week though, that feels like forever.
The writing style was very erratic and hard to stay with. I like the story and most of the characters and relationships, it just was very confusing and hard to stick with.
The writing style was very erratic and hard to stay with. I like the story and most of the characters and relationships, it just was very confusing and hard to stick with.
This was one of the worst books I've ever read. Eggers blatant arrogance bulldozed any sympathy I had for his plight. In fact his attitude actually made me wish for more tragedy to come his way to temper him a little.
One of the landmark books of the past 15 years. Eggers' influence on postmodern memoir writing will be felt for generations to come. I absolutely loved this book from its brilliant introduction to its cathartic conclusion. This book will stand the test of time and holds a special place on my bookshelf.
I don't know if I'll ever finish this book. I got halfway through and couldn't bear watching the narrator blithely make stupid life mistakes with no sign of recognition or any learning curve.
Genius.
Amazing that you can get lost in his train of thought. My own train of thought finished his. Good memoir.
Amazing that you can get lost in his train of thought. My own train of thought finished his. Good memoir.
Impassioned sort-of manifesto on Irony and Earnestness.
I'm rather ashamed to say that I could not finish this. I know I'm supposed to find Dave Eggers' style and story revolutionary and crackling with wit and wry humor. And to some extent, I do. But I have very few days in my life right now when I am able to sit and read for longer than about 15 minutes at a time. And this book requires far more concentration and lengthy periods of reflection in order to really enjoy the rambling stream-of-consciousness style. So for now, I am giving up on it. It will sit on my shelf along with all of the other books I have finished and a (very) few that I have not. Some day I hope to revisit it.
I didn't like this book at all. Which was surprising, because it came highly reccomended. I just didn't like the writer's style of writing. Took me forever to get through this book. Neit zo leuk!
I started out loving this book and ended it early. Couldn’t continue as it seems it was going nowhere fast.