A review by ollypommedeterre
Downtown Owl by Chuck Klosterman

3.0

This book was honestly better than I expected. A good read about small town living (which he nails) and about people who let life happen to them rather than be proactive. I didn't necessarily bond with any of the characters and a couple of the plot lines were a bit gratuitous, but on the whole it was entertaining and thought provoking. It really made you think about how much of the stuff that shapes our lives we just let happen to us, rather than actively try to write the script ourselves. It's easy to sit back and say "well there's nothing I can do," but that's rarely the case (for privileged people at least.) Our stories get written either way—this book points out that you're able to influence it more than you think, or you'll suffer the consequences (both awful and mundane) for letting someone else concoct it for you.