An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England : A Novel (Hardcover)

from nancnn2

It has been over 25 years, since reading, "The Catcher in the Rye" in high school, that I have felt so utterly irritated by a main character. I do not have to like a main character in order to enjoy a book. But this book did not even give me that, "wow, I really dislike this character, so that me...

from wdlaurie

Maybe I'm getting cranky, but I just didn't get what was humorous about this book. It received a number of positive reviews. The main character wasn't at all likeable...actually, I didn't like any of the characters. I guess if you interpret funny to equal uneven and oddly paced, it was funny. Jus...

from mzonderm

This is the longest 300-page book I have ever read. I found it ridiculously pretentious in ways I can't even describe, and overly conceited. If Sam Pulsifer said " I could have said" or "I should have said" I was going to jump into the book and put him in jail myself just for being an idiot. This...

from Kendall41

Not just disappointing, but disappointing in multiple ways: pretentious, unlikeable characters, tries hard to be funny but winds up being dumb, most metaphors and similes don't ring true, story is beyond implausible. A few chapters in I started keeping examples of bad writing but they overwhelmed...

from mckait

Silly, disjointed and unappealing. This is the best I can do for this book. I didn't like the characters or the story. I was disappointed from the beginning but decided to plod on and give it a chance. That is a couple of hours of my life that I'll never get back. This book does not live up to it...