"A laugh out loud book filled with serious moments that will immediate absorb the reader into its world."
"A laugh out loud book filled with serious moments that will immediate absorb the reader into its world."
He was a man made long ago, not making himself moment by moment and using whomever he could find in the process.
There is the outside of a story, and there is an inside of a story. One is the fruit and may be delicious but the other is the seed. #fiction #literature #mustread
This was a slow burn for me because at first the main character Ivo was basically unlikeable- loser friends, casual drugs, doesn't listen to nice girlfriend. Then as the story professed from his death bed you realize - the guy basically stopped growing ten years ago. And what if we all never got a chance to leave our 20's? Then I learned what happened & I ended up loving the book. Totally worth all the lead up! #mustread #literature
As usual Ann Patchett's writing is a home run. Great plot and lovely portrait of a family coming unraveled. What I didn't enjoy is that I didn't like anyone. They were all a bit dissipated and sad. Maybe that's just the nature of tragedy. Of course again- it's Anne Patchett so you still can't go wrong.
Not usually a science fiction reader and had a hard time with the gross out factor but fun writing and interesting set up overrode all that. (How 'bout the long sentence?! 😱) Just know going in it's a zombie story which I feel the publisher kinda hid but no matter. It has a lot of cool questions to ask about how much we can override our nature.