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122 reviews for:
There's a (Slight) Chance I Might Be Going to Hell: A Novel of Sewer Pipes, Pageant Queens, and Big Trouble
Laurie Notaro
3.38 AVERAGE
122 reviews for:
There's a (Slight) Chance I Might Be Going to Hell: A Novel of Sewer Pipes, Pageant Queens, and Big Trouble
Laurie Notaro
3.38 AVERAGE
Ah! I LOVED this book! There is absolutely no other way to express my love and appreciation for this book other than reverting to teenage girl text messaging grammar. OMG! ♥ ♥ ♥
Right, now that that's out of my system, this is the funniest book I have read in a long time. Unfortunately, I was reading it at work and had to control my snickering.
The story is set in this fictional town, Spaulding, Washington. It's little adorable little place that equates in my mind to the Fairhaven neighborhood of Bellingham, but pushed back into the mountains - perhaps by Concrete. The author couldn't have chosen a setting dearer to my heart. (B'ham, not Concrete where the mullet forever lives.)
I won't go into the details of the story, you can read the synopsis for that. Just go out and read it!
Right, now that that's out of my system, this is the funniest book I have read in a long time. Unfortunately, I was reading it at work and had to control my snickering.
The story is set in this fictional town, Spaulding, Washington. It's little adorable little place that equates in my mind to the Fairhaven neighborhood of Bellingham, but pushed back into the mountains - perhaps by Concrete. The author couldn't have chosen a setting dearer to my heart. (B'ham, not Concrete where the mullet forever lives.)
I won't go into the details of the story, you can read the synopsis for that. Just go out and read it!
Read this on a 4 hour flight and made other passengers uncomfortable with my outrageous laughter! I almost peed my pants many times, it's so hilarious.
I literally finished this book in a day. Fun, quick read, nothing too far off the beaten Notaro path.
Blech.
Masquerading as clever, this book is trite. Arizona-native Maye moves to "crazy" small town Spaulding (read: Eugene), and bemoans the fact that she doesn't instantly have friends in a new town. Crazy hijinks ensue, complete with a horribly written deus ex machina. I've read other short story collections from Notaro, and enjoyed them, but not this one.
Masquerading as clever, this book is trite. Arizona-native Maye moves to "crazy" small town Spaulding (read: Eugene), and bemoans the fact that she doesn't instantly have friends in a new town. Crazy hijinks ensue, complete with a horribly written deus ex machina. I've read other short story collections from Notaro, and enjoyed them, but not this one.
I've read everything by Laurie Notaro and I love her. This is her first fiction novel and I'm really looking forward to reading it.
First of all, let me start out by explaining that I rather detest chick lit. This story proved to be about the same. The author was going for "wildly hysterically funny" but it came off "embarrassingly silly." Not to mention, a mystery so transparent it was obvious from the start.
I gave this story an extra star because it wasn't the classic girl-falls-in-love-with-boy tale. Thank god.
I gave this story an extra star because it wasn't the classic girl-falls-in-love-with-boy tale. Thank god.