This Is Where I Leave You

from indygo88

I had never even heard of Jonathan Tropper until my book club decided to read this one (in line with our books-to-movies theme this year). Honestly, I wasn't all that excited about having to read this, not knowing what to expect. But I'm now grateful that I did. I pretty much loved this book. I k...

from Eesil

The story was not particularly original or deep, but Tropper's writing is lovely. He tells the story from the main character's point of view with humour, lots of feeling and originality. I laughed and was occasionally teary -- makes a book worth reading to me.

from groovygal506

This was a very funny book. I read this in a weekend and was happy to just sit and read for hours at a time. This is a story of a truly dysfunctional family who are forced to stay in the same house for seven days while they sit shiva for their deceased father. If you have siblings, you will surel...

from CinderH

I'm actually surprised I liked this book so much. I really liked Jonathan Tropper's writing style. It's straight forward and to the point. Not a ton of depth to these characters and some aren't even likeable until the end. I had also thought the ending was going to go a bit differently and am hap...

from Florinda

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 mal...