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3.77 AVERAGE
3.77 AVERAGE
I found this book at times striking, amusing and/or ironically empowering. Biographically, the main character and I don't have too much in common, and yet I connected with him. The author has a gift for forcing readers to empathize with characters who to the outside world look like assholes. My only criticism was the recurring notes of misogyny. They rang true for what the character was going through, but as a woman, it felt a little toxic, reading that. I hope I haven't internalized too much Judd's perpetual sizing up of the women who orbit around him.
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I really enjoyed this book, and read it in a day. However I can't give it five stars, because there's just enough misogyny in here to make me think it's the author, not the character.
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I actually liked this quite a bit, but I had to deduct a point for the the preponderance of gratuitous and graphic sex that had no real bearing on the storyline. Why do authors do that?
This is a complicated story of a dysfunctional family that has come together to sit shiva for their deceased father. All manner of secrets are divulged throughout the mourning period.
This is a complicated story of a dysfunctional family that has come together to sit shiva for their deceased father. All manner of secrets are divulged throughout the mourning period.
I've read several of Tropper's books, and really like them for their stellar use of language and their ability to acutely explain the male perspective on life. The other two books of his I've read were good, but predictable. This book was twisted, broken, and warm, which, in reality, is what life is really like. Even at its conclusion, I still want to know where the story is going. But I guess I never will.
A family drama, written by a man, therefore it has way too many uses of the word "cock." Pass.
I've been putting off this book since last year or so... I don't know why, maybe I just wasn't in the right mood to it. Or maybe because a movie is made based on this. Or is it a TV series? I don't know. I've been pretty much living under the rock nowadays.
Anyhow, it's a pot of fun. I know, it might sound inappropriate as the setting was the week when the father just died. But, I do think that a funeral shows better emotions than a wedding. For a family, at least. People may restrain themselves but in a funeral, they could be far more honest and open about it. Unless of course, they prefer some juicy scandals about the bride or the groom or other family member.
I'm not a fan of the ending, and some parts could be better. Like Judd and Penny thing. But well... at least they're more adult-like about it. And Judd, no matter how idiotic he might be... he's been honest about his own feeling about Jen, and his siblings.
Anyhow, it's a pot of fun. I know, it might sound inappropriate as the setting was the week when the father just died. But, I do think that a funeral shows better emotions than a wedding. For a family, at least. People may restrain themselves but in a funeral, they could be far more honest and open about it. Unless of course, they prefer some juicy scandals about the bride or the groom or other family member.
I'm not a fan of the ending, and some parts could be better. Like Judd and Penny thing. But well... at least they're more adult-like about it. And Judd, no matter how idiotic he might be... he's been honest about his own feeling about Jen, and his siblings.
Very slow to get into and a very descriptive sex scene in first 30 pages made me not want to read on