A review by emjay24
The Gum Thief by Douglas Coupland

Did not finish book.

1.0

I got 52% of the way through this, goodreads tells me. This book is about two people who work at staples. one is a 40 something year old guy, old for his age, and one is a 20 something year old woman. they both feel they're in a loser job and write back and forth in a shared diary, while at the same time, the man also writes his novel in there too. at some point, the girl's mom, who the guy went to highschool with, starts contributing letters to the diary too. the people are depressing. it sounds like a typical indie movie, the way they talk, the way nothing happens, the way it's so gloomy and 'intellectual'. it sounds like it's trying and trying..i realized this from the first, but kept reading, thinking maybe itll change. at 52% of the book through, i thought hey, WHY am i reading this? i dont like the characters, i DONT CARE what happens to them, and also since this is one of those indie type books, i'm pretty sure even if i DID care, it's not going to come to any sort of real resolution. these things always just end randomly. so i decided to end it randomly first. i have so many other books to read. dont read this.