meghanmoloney 's review for:

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers

3.0

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I'm rather ashamed to say that I could not finish this. I know I'm supposed to find Dave Eggers' style and story revolutionary and crackling with wit and wry humor. And to some extent, I do. But I have very few days in my life right now when I am able to sit and read for longer than about 15 minutes at a time. And this book requires far more concentration and lengthy periods of reflection in order to really enjoy the rambling stream-of-consciousness style. So for now, I am giving up on it. It will sit on my shelf along with all of the other books I have finished and a (very) few that I have not. Some day I hope to revisit it.