by Jonathan Tropper
Well. I loved This Is Where I Leave You. This one, not so much.First, it was not nearly as funny. Second, the MC - inexplicably called Silver - was just not the lovable loser he was made out to be. And, the reader is beaten over the head with the lovable loser concept. Perhaps in an attempt to ...
A rather apt book to take along with me during my travels following a band. So far Jonathan Tropper can do no wrong by me, and while this isn't as laugh out loud hilarious as This Is Where I Leave You, it is just as good only in its own way. The characters are quintessentially dysfunctional, as on...
Check out Scott Reads It! for reviews, giveaways, & more! I had never even heard of Jonathan Tropper before requesting One Last Thing because I mostly read Young Adult books. I was intrigued by the book's description, but I didn't actually expect that I would enjoy it. I'm definitely not the "t...
Yeah, so I’m pretty much completely enamored with Jonathan Tropper. I read “This is Where I Leave You” and was smitten – immediately followed by the fear that he might be a one-hit wonder. Thankfully, that turned out not to be the case and now I’m completely head-over-heels in love with his writin...
I had just finished Me Before You by Jojo Moyes (which was very good), when I began to read One Last Thing Before I Go. Uhoh, I thought, I am going to need tissues again, but no, even though the themes are really serious, it is done with such a light hand and so much humor, that it was easy to read,...
Over the last few years, Jonathan Tropper has asserted himself something of a master of the genre I like to call Novels About Middle-Aged Suburban Men Whose Lives Aren't Awful, Just Unsatisfying. His latest, though, was surprisingly satisfying. I was a little underwhelmed by This is Where I Leave Yo...
Drew Silver--just "Silver" to nearly everyone, including his ex-wife, his semi-estranged daughter, and his own parents--has been physically and emotionally stuck for the better part of a decade, since the breakups of both his band and his marriage. When he's the first to be told by his daughter Case...
One Last Thing Before I Go takes its cues from protagonist Drew Silver, both are funny, poignant, sad, and a bit fucked up. There is a certain pattern which felt repetitive as I got to the end. Consciously I was trying to let the story unfurl, but it was hard to not anticipate the turn. You expect e...
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