A review by pearloz
Here I Am by Jonathan Safran Foer

4.0

A lesser JSF, I found the writing itself the most compelling aspect of the book; the characters were all upper-middle-class and super-duper clever, even the kids were all precociously above-average--they all seemed like caricatures after a time; the plot--separation/divorce amid death of family and death of history and death of Israel (?)--was so besides the point, I almost wonder why it was included at all--to add another dimension to his Woody Allen-ness? Anyhow, a slighter JSF is still an above-average book, but I was really hoping for more.