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djrmelvin's review
4.0
Told in a mix of stream of concious, linear time, and a bit of journal entries, Chase's memoir of how his big brother's life and death effected his life is strangely non-emotional. As a non-fiction look inside a writer's heart and mind, it's sad and sweet. Chase quite honestly shows his weaknesses, maybe even dwells on them too much, to the point I wished he was nearby and I could tell him to quit beating up on himself. But, as a writer, I know it's that beating up, and what we do to escape it, that allows us to see, or at least imagine, what other people don't see. We can say we're talking about the outside, but in the end, we reveal so much more about ourselves. Clifford Chase has a gift for seeing the quirks that make everyone in his life special, and I hope he puts that to use with another book soon.
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