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nwhyte's review
4.0
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A short, somewhat grim account of being a middle aged man and feeling that life has completely passed you by. I'm classifying it as non-fiction because it's presented as a memoir. Some of the observations were uncomfortably close to home, but in general I felt I'd had a better life than the writer and wasn't learning much from this. It's well written, though, the account of the circumstances around his son's conception being especially gripping.
A short, somewhat grim account of being a middle aged man and feeling that life has completely passed you by. I'm classifying it as non-fiction because it's presented as a memoir. Some of the observations were uncomfortably close to home, but in general I felt I'd had a better life than the writer and wasn't learning much from this. It's well written, though, the account of the circumstances around his son's conception being especially gripping.
meghan_is_reading's review
Listen, sometimes you read a book about a sad sack middle aged man who thinks a lot and maybe isn't so good at some life stuff.
ilanderz's review
4.0
I would debate the author's assertion that in his mid-forties he's old (I'm in my fifties and don't quite feel old yet) but perhaps he's led a rougher life than I have. All told, an entertaining read, filled with all sorts of interesting little tidbits of information. Quite well written. A little on the bleak side considering its subject matter, but I enjoyed this honest, personal, and frequently amusing book.
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