A review by kstring
This Boy's Life by Tobias Wolff

3.0

I honestly haven't read many memoirs, but I thought this one was pretty good. Not stellar, just okay. Stars off for swearing scenes. It was interesting to feel myself relate to the main character even though his actions have no overlap with anything I've ever done in my life. I've never lied, stolen, gotten drunk, failed a class, etc. and yet I felt myself strangely in tune with the character, largely because we get to hear his thoughts and motivations. This book is less about occurrences in the outside world than thoughts in the Jack's head and though his actions and mine differ, we've had similar thoughts, which is kinda freaky. Anyway, this book is a thinker and very well-written and well-read by the audiobook reader.