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Less Is Lost
by Andrew Sean Greer
Maybe 3.5 stars
Less is Lost has been on my tbr because I had enjoyed the first book, Less. However, perhaps I should have re-read Loss, or read the two books closer together. It took me a while to get into Less is Lost and recall some of the characters (or maybe it was just my mood).
In Less is Lost, Arthur Less explores the Southern U.S., whereas in the first book he traveled in Europe. Yet, as in the first book, Less is escaping, this time from the death of his former lover, Robert, and the financial consequences of Robert's death. While there were funny parts, as I recall, the first book was more humorous to me (again, could just be my mood).
For me, though, the ending redeemed the book. And it was a quick, fairly easy read.
"America, how's your marriage? . . .I know, it was not for love; it was for tax reasons, but soon you all found yourselves financially entwined, with shared debts and land purchases and grandiose visions of the future, yet somehow, from the beginning, essentially at odds." (233)
Less is Lost has been on my tbr because I had enjoyed the first book, Less. However, perhaps I should have re-read Loss, or read the two books closer together. It took me a while to get into Less is Lost and recall some of the characters (or maybe it was just my mood).
In Less is Lost, Arthur Less explores the Southern U.S., whereas in the first book he traveled in Europe. Yet, as in the first book, Less is escaping, this time from the death of his former lover, Robert, and the financial consequences of Robert's death. While there were funny parts, as I recall, the first book was more humorous to me (again, could just be my mood).
For me, though, the ending redeemed the book. And it was a quick, fairly easy read.
"America, how's your marriage? . . .I know, it was not for love; it was for tax reasons, but soon you all found yourselves financially entwined, with shared debts and land purchases and grandiose visions of the future, yet somehow, from the beginning, essentially at odds." (233)