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3.65 AVERAGE
3.65 AVERAGE
It took me forever to finish this book and I just wasn't that into it at any point. I'm not sure I'll read another Tropper book if this is what they're all like. Parts of this one were funny and I highlighted some great lines, but I honestly did not care if Silver lived or died - not exactly a good sign.
2.5* I really liked This Is Where I Leave You, especially the main character's voice, and while the elements of what Tropper's last novel great are here, they don't add up. This was a super quick read but I didn't find myself connecting with any of the characters. The female characters came off as bitchy and I can't tell if I'm supposed to feel sorry for Silver or what exactly I'm supposed to feel for him.
I've read a lot of Jonathan Tropper and this isn't his best work. There are funny parts to it but it's not as funny as a lot of the other ones. I don't hate the main character as much as a lot of the other reviewers do but I also didn't care too much about what he decided. With a better character, the ending would have infuriated me but here it just slightly annoyed.
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.