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3.65 AVERAGE
3.65 AVERAGE
I received this as a give away from Goodreads and I dislike it so much I can't finish it. I find it depressing and a bit boring. I loved One Last Thing Before I Go, but I can't get into this book. i see that many other people liked it, so perhaps I will revisit it someday, but for now, I can't recommend it.
Still a fan of Tropper's writing with the character nuances and blunt delivery of feelings and emotions. Would usually like a more concrete ending, but it didn't bother me too much.
Other reviewers have said that this is a different book for Tropper, and I have to agree. Much quieter, less manic escapades. Even the schadenfreude that Tropper tends to write into his novels is markedly quieter. This is a human novel. Silver is no less fucked up than Tropper's other characters, but his determined acknowledgement (or really, is it lack of true acknowledgement?) of his failures from the start, rather than running from them or desperately trying to fix them, makes him unique. Really fine writing.
I liked it, but it wasn't as amazing as This is Where I Leave You. I surprisingly found his deadbeat screw-up protagonist to be likeable, and I found myself both laughing and near tears throughout. But it was somewhat predictable and, in the end, didn't blow me away.
The followup to This Is Where I Leave You does not dissapoint. While it is not as good as the former, it is still one of Tropper's best offerings. It's another great tale of disconnect, family and growing up halfway through life.
Tropper is an amazing author - once again, a laugh-out-loud novel - the topics are for the most part not funny, but he sideswipes you with his irreverent humour and insights.
This was one of those books I saw a friend had read and trusting our similar book interests decided to give it a go despite never hearing about the author beforehand. This was a pleasant surprise. The main character is a loveable loser, a forty something guy who had a minor hit with his rock band in his 20's and rode that for many years(although he mainly plays at weddings and bat/bar mitzvahs now), but never quite grew up or got his act together. Now, a medical issue leads him to re-evaluate his life. This guy was some version of a few exes of mine (although minus the minor rock star bit). It was interesting to have a male character and especially someone as flawed as this one. He simply has made a lot of shoddy decisions in his life and that just makes him all the more real. The only minor bit I disliked was Rich; he simply was too much of a do-gooder for me; are there really people like that in this world that are that forgiving/accepting? Nonetheless, I also enjoyed how the ending was left open-ended, leaving us the readers to decide what happened exactly. A great read, something I would recommend to others, and I will be checking out the author's other books.
If there's chick lit is there dude lit? Men in midlife crisis, cracked me up but also gave me hope. Tropper knows how to weave a story
"When you know you're dying, everything comes into focus in a way it never has before. It's like the grimy world has been polished to a sparkling shine, and everything stands out, latching onto your stream of consciousness and sending it in every direction at once, and your brain becomes a puddle of free associations".
"And someday soon, I'll rest in peace. But till that day does come, I'll rest in pieces".
"And Ice cream cones, what is it with you and ice cream cones?"
"I guess no one ever eats an ice cream cone at a funeral, or a fire. The Red Cross doesn't drop ice cream cones into third world countries. If you're eating an ice cream cone, it's just very hard to believe that things have gone completely to shit. That there isn't still hope"
"One last thing before I go" is the sixth and most recent book written by Jonathan Tropper, the American author, living in Westchester, NY, known for choosing every day themes such as being single, growing up, getting married, losing a love one as themes for his book, adding some Jewish religion to it and most of all awesome, funny dialogues. His books have been translated into more than 20 languages and his book "This is where I leave you" (which I loved, by the way), has been made into a film by Warner Borthers just two years ago.
The strength in Tropper's books lays in the well developed realistic characters, the themes of the books that everyone can relate to and most of all in the funny, witty and awesome dialogues that just make you crack up, however sad what's going on at that point in the story.
In "One last thing before I go" we meet Silver, a divorced ex-musician who once upon a time used to be successful but now is anything but. HIs wife has left him and is about to marry some doctor, the relationship with his daughter leaves a lot of room for improvement and he finds himself living in some sad apartment building with a shitload of other single guys. Just when his daughter confides in him and turns to him for help because she unexpectedly fell pregnant, does Silver learn that there is something wrong with his aorta. A ministroke sends him to hospital, a warning not to be misunderstood. Despite the medical possibilities refuses Silver to have the necessary surgery; his life being an impossible mess, he decided to make the most of the time he has left, instead of trying to get completely better, much to the desperation of his entire family and his friends, who try everything to convince him otherwise. And all this time Silver wonders whether his life really is worth saving or not.
Jonathan Tropper as we know him. Serious topics, tackled with humour. Sad situations and food for through camouflaged in funny and witty dialogues, that nevertheless leave the reader thinking….
A nice read. I am a fan of Tropper's books.
"And someday soon, I'll rest in peace. But till that day does come, I'll rest in pieces".
"And Ice cream cones, what is it with you and ice cream cones?"
"I guess no one ever eats an ice cream cone at a funeral, or a fire. The Red Cross doesn't drop ice cream cones into third world countries. If you're eating an ice cream cone, it's just very hard to believe that things have gone completely to shit. That there isn't still hope"
"One last thing before I go" is the sixth and most recent book written by Jonathan Tropper, the American author, living in Westchester, NY, known for choosing every day themes such as being single, growing up, getting married, losing a love one as themes for his book, adding some Jewish religion to it and most of all awesome, funny dialogues. His books have been translated into more than 20 languages and his book "This is where I leave you" (which I loved, by the way), has been made into a film by Warner Borthers just two years ago.
The strength in Tropper's books lays in the well developed realistic characters, the themes of the books that everyone can relate to and most of all in the funny, witty and awesome dialogues that just make you crack up, however sad what's going on at that point in the story.
In "One last thing before I go" we meet Silver, a divorced ex-musician who once upon a time used to be successful but now is anything but. HIs wife has left him and is about to marry some doctor, the relationship with his daughter leaves a lot of room for improvement and he finds himself living in some sad apartment building with a shitload of other single guys. Just when his daughter confides in him and turns to him for help because she unexpectedly fell pregnant, does Silver learn that there is something wrong with his aorta. A ministroke sends him to hospital, a warning not to be misunderstood. Despite the medical possibilities refuses Silver to have the necessary surgery; his life being an impossible mess, he decided to make the most of the time he has left, instead of trying to get completely better, much to the desperation of his entire family and his friends, who try everything to convince him otherwise. And all this time Silver wonders whether his life really is worth saving or not.
Jonathan Tropper as we know him. Serious topics, tackled with humour. Sad situations and food for through camouflaged in funny and witty dialogues, that nevertheless leave the reader thinking….
A nice read. I am a fan of Tropper's books.
I was pleasantly surprised about this book. I am usually not a fan of books about middle-aged, washed up, characters who have a mess of a life but this book made the story interesting.
Silver is a washed up, one hit wonder band, musician who finds out he has a heart condition he could die from when he hits middle age. He is divorced, over-weight, and his life is a mess. He decides not to get the life saving procedure and to try and fix his life before he dies.
Throw into this that his ex.wife eh still pines for is getting remarried, his 19 year old daughter finds out she is pregnant, and his trying to figure out what love is and how to fix failed relationships before his heart gives out and you have an interesting read.
Definitely a book worth a read and I ended up reading the whole book in one sitting.
Silver is a washed up, one hit wonder band, musician who finds out he has a heart condition he could die from when he hits middle age. He is divorced, over-weight, and his life is a mess. He decides not to get the life saving procedure and to try and fix his life before he dies.
Throw into this that his ex.wife eh still pines for is getting remarried, his 19 year old daughter finds out she is pregnant, and his trying to figure out what love is and how to fix failed relationships before his heart gives out and you have an interesting read.
Definitely a book worth a read and I ended up reading the whole book in one sitting.