by Jonathan Tropper
although it had funny bits, witty dialogue and fast-moving narration, traits that i absolutely fall for in a book, it didn't blow me away. the characters left me indifferent and the story was, unexpectedly, dull.
While it’s beginnings sound somber—a family of adults attend the funeral of the their father and find that, even though the family was not religious, his dying wish was that the family come together and sit Shiva (mourning) for the requisite week. Thus begins this funny, and at times, touching novel...
I picked up this book after seeing the funny trailer that was released a little while ago. I thin this will be one of those movie improves on the book movies, which do happen, if rarely. Mainly because they got Tina Fey to play the sister. It's not a terrible book and it does have some good mome...
Interesting, but it never really grabbed me, even though it's a fast read. I know it's being made into a movie and I'm not really sure how they're going to do it - it's not really a family drama, but it's not a comedy either. It's described as "riotously funny," but I guess I just have a different...
Tolstoy observed in Anna Karenina that while all happy families are alike, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. Using this rule of thumb it can be safely said that the Foxman family of This Is Where I Leave You is unique. Their story opens with Judd--narrator and third of the family's fo...
I picked this book up on the recommendation of many people and I can see why so many people liked it. It was fast paced, had a smart ass narrator and had lot of sex. Usually lots of sex in a novel isn't a problem for me, but for some reason it just rubbed me the wrong way in this novel. I think beca...
Why did this book get such amazing reviews? I felt like I spent half of the book listening to the narrator whine about how horny he was. Or hearing his ex-wife complaining and not understand why he was so upset at her for cheating on him. The entire time through this book I wanted to punch everyone ...
Do you recall the Great #Franzenfruede Debate of 2010? One of the points brought up in that discussion was that certain fictional subject matter seems to be viewed differently depending on whether it's written by a man or a woman. In making one of her arguments, Jennifer Weiner mentioned that male ...
The sad parts in this book were a lot more intense than the funny parts. The whole book was kind of depressing to me. Good writing and touching story, but man, it's depressing.
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