A review by chiliramon
The Discomfort Zone: A Personal History by Jonathan Franzen

2.0

Jonathan Franzen sounds like someone I could've gone to college with. He is clearly sharp, talented, and high-minded. But he probably thinks his honesty and self-awareness absolve him, when they don't. He remains charmless, self-righteous, and grating even as he admits to his faults. Mostly because he doesn't sound sorry for them.

The two stars are for the first two essays about selling his childhood home and his enduring love for Peanuts -- they felt grounded and were pretty enjoyable.