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A review by bookysue
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers
3.0
I really like Eggers's style, but this didn't get 4 stars because I almost feel like he tried to cover too much territory and got worn out in the course of writing it. Some parts were genius and, yes, heartbreaking, or really funny, but some parts made me feel tired because it seemed as though he were writing them just to add them in, and not because he felt passionate about writing them. (I don't know if that makes sense or not, but it does in my head.)
Note: The preface and the acknowledgments were actually highlights, but I recommend reading them AFTER you finish the book, as they give away a lot of plot details and refer to things you won't understand if you read them ahead of time.
Overall, I recommend it because I've never read anything quite like it, but I don't know if it lives up to the title of "staggering genius," which is of course not meant to be taken literally anyway.
Note: The preface and the acknowledgments were actually highlights, but I recommend reading them AFTER you finish the book, as they give away a lot of plot details and refer to things you won't understand if you read them ahead of time.
Overall, I recommend it because I've never read anything quite like it, but I don't know if it lives up to the title of "staggering genius," which is of course not meant to be taken literally anyway.