Reviews

Supermarket by Bobby Hall

linari's review against another edition

1.0

If I could give this book zero stars I would. This is probably the worst book that I have read in awhile. It was so problematic in so many different ways that I really feel the need to stay up and actually write a review about it. If I was 10 years younger and hadn't read Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk I would probably think that this was a good book.

First off, I did not know that Bobby Hall is Logic so I definitely did not buy the book based on the fact that it was written by a celebrity. The description on the back was vaguely interesting and so I thought I would give it a go. After reading the first 10 pages it was already pretty clear that Flynn and Frank were the same person. After the second time "Anne at the pharmacy" gave him his "vitamins" it was also very clear that he was in a mental institution. The similarities to Fight Club were so blatant that it was annoying. "I know his toes were broken, because my toes were broken" is pretty much the same sentence as "I know this because Tyler knows this". Just change out Tyler for Frank and add toes in the mix.

On top of the fact that Frank is an attempt at mirroring Tyler Durdin for some reason it was necessary for Bobby to take a crack at diagnosing his character as well. Flynn has a comorbidity of metal disorders including Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, Multiple Personality Disorder, Anxiety, and Depression. Then on top of this ridiculous stack of disorders for a fictional characters he jumbles them up towards the end of the book where we lose the Multiple Personality Disorder and the Bipolar Disorder and now its just Schizophrenia. Honestly, Flynn could have just had Multiple Personality and that would cover all of the bases. Instead Bobby chose to go ahead and misrepresent an array of disorders.

Not only was the content horrible, the writing was also horrendous. It just reads all around very juvenile. I really double checked to make sure that this wasn't a YA novel (absolutely no offense to YA novels). The characters are poorly developed. The things that some of the characters like his mother and psychiatrist do and say was just really absurd for the book. For example, his mother calls him an idiot multiple times while she's visiting him in the institution. His psychiatrist says things like "hey man" and at one point kisses Flynn on the cheek, which is completely inappropriate in a doctor patient setting. It just really makes the characters more unrealistic and unbearable to read.

And of course, all of Flynns problems are his ex-girlfriends fault since she broke up with him which caused him to go work at the Supermarket in the first place *eye roll*.

In all, this book was horrible. It felt like an ad for Moleskin embedded in a poor attempt of a watered down version of Fight Club. The idea wasn't really original, there was no substance to the characters, there was no suspense, and this was definitely not a psychological thriller. Whoever is in Logics circle failed him for telling him to publish this book.

ardeheer's review against another edition

dark mysterious

3.75

Despite the reviews I have read on this book, it exceeded my expectations for a novel written by a rapper. It seemed there was an a lot happening but that is what I felt compelling about it. I like that there were little hints for me starting right in the beginning about the direction of this book. In a way it was predictable but what made me enjoy this book was that even if I made a prediction I was never quite sure if I would be correct or not. This book got in my head which I think is kind of point, to live in fantasy along with the characters. 

itsmetaphysical's review against another edition

3.0

Voices-esque, definitely could be made into a movie I would watch several times and force all of those around me to watch at least once

2sxber's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Ive loved Logic and his music since I was 13 years old. Now 22, I felt I had put off reading this novel for way too long. I finally decided to pick it up after reading a disappointing “The Teacher” by Freida McFadden, and let me tell you…. This was definitely the kind of book I needed. Are you kidding me??? This is one of the best books I have ever read. I was hooked from the beginning, through the middle, all the way until the end. I don’t want to go into details for fear of spoiling, but to anyone who enjoys thrillers, mysteries, plot twists, romance, profoundness, inspiration, and all around a story you will be thinking about for weeks, months, even years… this is the one. 

alonaabu's review against another edition

1.0

I wanted to give it two stars because I finished it but it was just so awful

hallemarie00's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

1.75

alejandro_fc's review against another edition

4.0

This book was the first book I read after trying to get into reading more. I picked this book up because I knew who Bobby hall was from his music so I said "sure why not?". This book was absolutely incredible. I never expected it to be this captivating and keep me reading for 3 hours straight. I didn't stop reading it until 1 am in the morning fighting of how tired I was. It was so crazy at times it felt like parts of the book I was reading as if Bobby left the whole writing experience and just started talking but it was the main character all along and I dont want to write too many spoilers here in case anyone reads this but, if you do this book is incredible.

helloheather's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

2.0

fayelovesbooksss's review against another edition

4.0

This book had me doubling back to reread because of how many twists there were. I never would've expected how good this read was; it started very slow and I wasn't sure if I was going to make it through, but when I tell you it's completely worth the wait of reading through the first hundred pages, I mean it. This book will leave you conflicted and satisfied, and I don't think there's any other way to say it but lets hope he decides to write again :)

veryyeepyy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0