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cate_ninetails 's review for:
Uncommon Type
by Tom Hanks
When reading this book I was pleased to realise that I was hearing the voice of Tom Hanks in my head. That is high praise, because at times even as I stumbled over the archaic exclamations of 'golly' or 'gee' etc, I did very much feel like I was listening to him speak in that recognisable down home folksy way of his. Only veteran Oscar winning actor Tom Hanks would have been able to pitch a book about such a niche hobby (in this case vintage typewriters) to any publishing house, and in short story form no less. The stories themselves are mostly nostalgic, little slices of Americana describing a bygone age. They are on the whole sweet but unremarkable- wholesome but seemingly without any of the wit and humour that makes the author himself so beloved. While I wouldn't have expected anything particularly gritty I feel that this book plays a little too close to type. It is inoffensive, pleasant, and at the end of the day, utterly forgettable.