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katierug 's review for:
The Spectacular Now
by Tim Tharp
I enjoyed this book more than I thought I would. There's also a lot of underlying meaning to it that took finishing the book to really see. Aimee and Sutter are both sort of lost and dealing with their own demons. They had a connection, but were standing on a rocky foundation.
I just feel sad for Sutter, because he is both selfish and selfless at the same time in almost everything he does in this book. He's struggling with addiction and a lack of self worth, but doesn't really seem to know it or admit it. He hides behind his fun, embrace-the-weird personality. His downslide is very slow and subtle, and since he is the one narrating it was hard for me to see until the end just what he had become, and the effect he had had on the people in his life. While you're reading he gets you caught up in the fun and spontaneity, but after the fact you look back and see a boy who's out of control and drinking his feelings.
A quick, easy and enjoyable read - a coming of age story with a little more to it. I think that while reading it I would have given it a 4, but after finishing and reflecting on it, I can see even more depth and meaning to this book.
I just feel sad for Sutter, because he is both selfish and selfless at the same time in almost everything he does in this book. He's struggling with addiction and a lack of self worth, but doesn't really seem to know it or admit it. He hides behind his fun, embrace-the-weird personality. His downslide is very slow and subtle, and since he is the one narrating it was hard for me to see until the end just what he had become, and the effect he had had on the people in his life. While you're reading he gets you caught up in the fun and spontaneity, but after the fact you look back and see a boy who's out of control and drinking his feelings.
A quick, easy and enjoyable read - a coming of age story with a little more to it. I think that while reading it I would have given it a 4, but after finishing and reflecting on it, I can see even more depth and meaning to this book.