womanroars 's review for:

A Horse Walks into a Bar by David Grossman

3.0

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I almost gave up on this a quarter of the way in. I'm glad I didn't. I thought it would be full of political things I didn't understand or it would have drunk horses in it. It turns out to be a simple, intense, and powerful story about a man telling the story of going to the funeral of his parent. Told from the perspective of someone who had known him then. The comedy bit was old from the get go but once he starts getting into his story I was hooked. What an interesting way to tell a story. It makes me want to attend a comedy show like this, or just simply someone telling a story.

I think it's interesting that my experience reading this novel mirrors the reactions of those attending the show...What the hell is this, should I leave? And coming to the end and being really glad I did, that I learned something and was truly moved.