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One Last Thing Before I Go
by Jonathan Tropper
Let me start by saying this is so close to 4 stars. Why doesn't it quite get there? The plot is not really all that surprising. Once you're in the middle of it, you know how it will play out. Also, I like Tropper. He is a fun, breezy read. At his best, he is Nick Hornby. He has those moments in the writing that feel like such realistic human moments that it makes you wonder if he is just a fantastic observer of human behavior and incredible empathy or perhaps he has just gone through all these things himself. That is always the unexpected pleasure of reading one of his books - when he manages to surprise you with the specificity and detail of a human thought or feeling. Overall, most of his books seem made to be movies or tv series. There were some parts of the book that I thought this would actually be better as a movie.
This one was not quite as hilarious as This Is How I Leave You which I would recommend you read first if you haven't. The idea of having the character have a malady that allowed him to have Tourettes like symptoms became a little "one note" after a bit. But as I've said it's an entertaining and easy read, and a great palatte cleanser after your next Proust or J. Joyce.
This one was not quite as hilarious as This Is How I Leave You which I would recommend you read first if you haven't. The idea of having the character have a malady that allowed him to have Tourettes like symptoms became a little "one note" after a bit. But as I've said it's an entertaining and easy read, and a great palatte cleanser after your next Proust or J. Joyce.