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A review by seabanshee
The Music of What Happens by Bill Konigsberg
Did not finish book.
I DNF'd this a little shy of 50% through. Usually I try to stick it through, but I just couldn't get through it.
What I liked:
- Max was a fun and interesting character, and I was pretty taken with his story.
What I didn't like:
- Jordan.
- That Max's chapters were always a third the length of Jordan's (I had the audiobook. Max chapters ranged from 6-10 mins while Jordan's were anywhere from 15-20 minutes).
Even though I fully understand the level of grief and stress Jordan and his mom are going through, they're so unlikable that it became hard to even sympathize. Not to mention that I hate Jordan's friends.
What made me finally ditch the book was when Jordan compared a simple grammatical mistake to a microaggression. In what world is not knowing Spanish in the same vein as asking a gay person "What do gay people think about?" Seriously, what the fuck?
What I liked:
- Max was a fun and interesting character, and I was pretty taken with his story.
What I didn't like:
- Jordan.
- That Max's chapters were always a third the length of Jordan's (I had the audiobook. Max chapters ranged from 6-10 mins while Jordan's were anywhere from 15-20 minutes).
Even though I fully understand the level of grief and stress Jordan and his mom are going through, they're so unlikable that it became hard to even sympathize. Not to mention that I hate Jordan's friends.
What made me finally ditch the book was when Jordan compared a simple grammatical mistake to a microaggression. In what world is not knowing Spanish in the same vein as asking a gay person "What do gay people think about?" Seriously, what the fuck?