A review by thopp84
It Chooses You by Miranda July

5.0

This is perhaps one of the more interesting and compelling things I've read in a while. July had writers' block while working on her second screenplay so she decides to interview a bunch of the people who put ads in the Pennysaver catalogue. What results is a series of fascinating, slightly odd interviews with the people who have placed ads selling stuff. What we end up with is a small peek into each person's lives. We find out why they are selling those items and we learn more about who they are and their stories. It is basically like July made a documentary in book form. In fact, I would love to see a documentary film version of this.
July is perhaps one of the more interesting writers I've run across in a while. Not too many others would have the idea for this and go with it and end up creating such a captivating portrait. I ended up reading this whole thing in one sitting. I couldn't put it down. Each person's story left me with questions. I wanted to know more about them. July writes about them in such a way that I was intrigued by them. They all seemed like people I would actually want to meet. And I was completely heartbroken by Ron and his story. I enjoyed this so much. More than I originally thought I would. The premise drew me in and then July's writing kept me enthralled.