amandaberry 's review for:

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers

4.0

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In general I loathe stream of consciousness, but this was a pretty good book. The story itself is quite intriguing, so basically he had that going for him right from the start, lucky guy (haha). Perfectly captured the angst of the early twenties that I think often goes unnoticed, or eclipsed by teenager stuff. It was just self-referential enough for his faux-arrogance to be convincing and his self-effacement to be endearing. If he'd said it was a work of "incredible" genius, that wouldn't have been enough, but by saying "staggering" genius, that makes it work.