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Up in the Air by Walter Kirn
2.0

Would recommend: Maybe

Thoughts on the audio version I listened to:

1) The reader is NOT George Clooney, and that disappointed me every time I went back to it.

2) The book is nothing like the movie, so don't expect an Anna Kendrick-type character to make an appearance.

Overall, I thought this book was fine, but the ending took way too long, and I didn't find a redemptive quality about it. The writing is clever, and I enjoyed most of it, but the general tone was very flat. I doubt if having George Clooney read it would have made much difference.