A review by jkillingbeck_8
The Confessions of Max Tivoli by Andrew Sean Greer

2.0

I may have gone into this book with expectations too high, because every review I had read previous to this exclaimed at what a wonderful story this was, how well written it is, and how truly awesome a love story it is. I would have to respectfully disagree. It took me a LONG time to read this book, about 3-4 weeks, which is sad since it's just over 260 pages. I could only read about 10-20 pages at a time before I got bored with the prose and storyline. Yes, I understand it is a "star crossed lovers" kind of book, but I was never emotionally involved with Max to feel any sort of sympathy for his character. Perhaps it was the journal-esque way it was written; I've never cared for books written that way. But the storyline, that could've been a cute story, left me flat and sorry I wasted that many nights before bed trudging through the novel.