Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England - Paperback

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 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 csayban

Every so often, a book grabs your attention with the opening sentence and holds you all the way to the last period. Unfortunately, this isn't one of those books. Brock Clarke's attempt at a quirky, humorous series of misfortunes simply fails to achieve the most important goal of any story - makin...

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...