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The Spectacular Now
by Tim Tharp
Full Review from my blog Owl Eyes Reviews
The main reason I wanted to pick up this book was because I wanted to watch the movie. I wasn’t very drawn to the book until I saw trailers for the movie. I thought that if the movie looked so appealing to me, the book would be just as appealing. (UPDATE: I just finished the movie and it was x10 better than the book.)
I really enjoyed reading Sutter’s voice at the beginning of the book. It was very original. Sutter seemed to care about so many people, but he didn’t really care about himself. I felt bad for him. However, as I continued reading, I started to like Sutter less and less. I realized that he was all an act. I had no idea who he was as a character because he just cared so much about how he came off to people. It made me kind of upset. I felt like I wanted something to happen with him, but I didn’t get that.
The storyline of this book kind of fell flat for me. Going into this book, I wasn’t very sure what the story was about. After reading, I’m kind of confused. For 75% of the book, nothing happened. Or better said, nothing important happened. I felt really bored for the majority of the book; that’s probably why it took me so long to read.
Overall, this book kind of fell flat for me. I should have gone with my gut and just watched the movie.
The main reason I wanted to pick up this book was because I wanted to watch the movie. I wasn’t very drawn to the book until I saw trailers for the movie. I thought that if the movie looked so appealing to me, the book would be just as appealing. (UPDATE: I just finished the movie and it was x10 better than the book.)
I really enjoyed reading Sutter’s voice at the beginning of the book. It was very original. Sutter seemed to care about so many people, but he didn’t really care about himself. I felt bad for him. However, as I continued reading, I started to like Sutter less and less. I realized that he was all an act. I had no idea who he was as a character because he just cared so much about how he came off to people. It made me kind of upset. I felt like I wanted something to happen with him, but I didn’t get that.
The storyline of this book kind of fell flat for me. Going into this book, I wasn’t very sure what the story was about. After reading, I’m kind of confused. For 75% of the book, nothing happened. Or better said, nothing important happened. I felt really bored for the majority of the book; that’s probably why it took me so long to read.
Overall, this book kind of fell flat for me. I should have gone with my gut and just watched the movie.