A review by lumpacole
Kids These Days by Drew Perry

4.0

Kids These Days is a subtly humorous story of lives unraveling. The financial crisis leaves the protagonist, Walter, out of a job right around the time his wife becomes pregnant. With no income and a child on the way, they take one of the few options open to them by moving to Florida to occupy the house of a recently deceased relative. There, Walter works under the employ of his brother-in-law, Mid, whose life also seems to be unraveling.

What I enjoyed most about the book is it's ability to remain funny and lighthearted while perfectly conveying the mind of a person who has realized they are not as in control of their life as they once believed. The dialogue is quick and witty, the emotions painfully relatable, and the plot increasingly unpredictable. My only real gripe is that the ending comes too soon, but that just speaks to how much I enjoyed the time I spent in Walter's head.

I received a free copy from LibraryThing for the purpose of reviewing