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Supermarket
by Bobby Hall
fast-paced
Since everyone is sharing how much they love Logic and that's what made them so excited to read this, I think it's only right that I tell you I have no idea who Logic is (I've pieced together from your reviews he's a hip-hop artist?). I didn't go into this book with excitement because of Logic. I went into this book intrigued because the last line of the summary says, "Who knew you could find sex, drugs, and murder all in aisle nine?"
Come on, as far as last sentence summaries go that's pretty good.
Anyway, I completed this book in audiobook form- I'm not sure I would have enjoyed it as much in a physical copy. But, the audiobook is like a presentation. Like a show, and I rather enjoyed all of that. The narration made me laugh and I was relatively amused for most of the book.
This book is about a guy named Flynn who is trying to get a book published. He gets so immersed in his story and the characters that actually drives himself crazy. The ending of part 1 had me on the edge of my seat. (The fucking dog, man. The dog. I still can't even.) And, the beginning of part two brought everything together for me relatively neatly. But then the rest of the second half was just so-so for me. The "Coffee, Coffee, Coffee" guy aka Joe was one of my favorite patients/ hallucentions (cause honestly, whose even real anymore?) Obviously, I was curious just how this was going to end but I wasn't itching for the ending of part 2/the whole story like I had been during part 1.
<Slight & Sparse Spoiling Ahead> After listening to the acknowledgements though and finding out that it Hall really did take a two year gap between part 1 & 2, I think, sheds some light on how the first part felt more addictive than the second half. Also, the Red twist didn't surprise me. And, I was completely befuddled by how long it took Flynn to realize he should fucking be taking his meds- pill aversion or not. The epilogue didn't feel completely believable in my opinion but I don't know that I ever really gave Flynn and Mia any real credit. What I didn't expect was the actual ending, with the waiter. That was a nice touch.
Come on, as far as last sentence summaries go that's pretty good.
Anyway, I completed this book in audiobook form- I'm not sure I would have enjoyed it as much in a physical copy. But, the audiobook is like a presentation. Like a show, and I rather enjoyed all of that. The narration made me laugh and I was relatively amused for most of the book.
This book is about a guy named Flynn who is trying to get a book published. He gets so immersed in his story and the characters that actually drives himself crazy. The ending of part 1 had me on the edge of my seat. (The fucking dog, man. The dog. I still can't even.) And, the beginning of part two brought everything together for me relatively neatly. But then the rest of the second half was just so-so for me. The "Coffee, Coffee, Coffee" guy aka Joe was one of my favorite patients/ hallucentions (cause honestly, whose even real anymore?) Obviously, I was curious just how this was going to end but I wasn't itching for the ending of part 2/the whole story like I had been during part 1.
<Slight & Sparse Spoiling Ahead> After listening to the acknowledgements though and finding out that it Hall really did take a two year gap between part 1 & 2, I think, sheds some light on how the first part felt more addictive than the second half. Also, the Red twist didn't surprise me. And, I was completely befuddled by how long it took Flynn to realize he should fucking be taking his meds- pill aversion or not. The epilogue didn't feel completely believable in my opinion but I don't know that I ever really gave Flynn and Mia any real credit. What I didn't expect was the actual ending, with the waiter. That was a nice touch.