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The Silver Linings Playbook
by Matthew Quick
I bought this right before the movie came out, when people seemed to be coming out of the woodwork to praise it and say it was so amazing. I'm not, by any means, a football fan, but as someone who has spent more than half of my life with depression, I figured I could at least relate to one of the characters, so why not?
The answer should have been not. The premise itself was a good enough one, and it kept me turning the pages long enough to reach the point of no return, but that was about all that this book had going for it. Pat, the protagonist, spoke in such a simplistic manner that I spent 90% of the book wondering if he was mentally handicapped and they just forgot to tell us. Tiffany, the character I was most excited to get to know, was a wooden psychopath that was absolutely unrelatable. If I hadn't DNR-ed so many books before this one and therefore felt guilty, I would have thrown this one down too. It's not worth the time- even the ending isn't really a pay off.
Fun fact, I also tried the movie and couldn't finish that, either. Don't waste your time, folks.
The answer should have been not. The premise itself was a good enough one, and it kept me turning the pages long enough to reach the point of no return, but that was about all that this book had going for it. Pat, the protagonist, spoke in such a simplistic manner that I spent 90% of the book wondering if he was mentally handicapped and they just forgot to tell us. Tiffany, the character I was most excited to get to know, was a wooden psychopath that was absolutely unrelatable. If I hadn't DNR-ed so many books before this one and therefore felt guilty, I would have thrown this one down too. It's not worth the time- even the ending isn't really a pay off.
Fun fact, I also tried the movie and couldn't finish that, either. Don't waste your time, folks.