tanaleetanalee 's review for:

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers

1.0

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I read it immediately when it was published; the buzz was intoxicating. And then I hated myself for forging ahead to what I knew would be a huge disappointment. I only review it now, 12 years later, to reiterate how much this book hinges on torture. It's not an Egger-hating bandwagon that makes people dislike it so. The book is literary masturbation with a few choice moments that make you think you might get off too but you just end up frustrated and resentful that you even fucked around with this douche. Let the ever loving Egger-lovers suck him off...