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3.18 AVERAGE
3.18 AVERAGE
slow-paced
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
If Bridget Jones were a dude, an intellectual asshole, living in Brooklyn, finding fault with every woman he meets. Fluffy book with fancy words, funny, insightful, but not a real thinking kind of novel. For all of us who have wondered, "what's going on in the head of that snobbish prick guy I met who thinks he's better than everyone?"
this Nate guy was quite the douchebag. I had a hard time not burning the book afterwards, much like after a breakup to get rid of the terrible evidence that it actually happened.
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I have never hated a main character more
I kept picturing the protagonist as Jonathan Franzen. And therefore hated him.
It is not so much of a review, but rather an essay inspired by this book.
http://www.kunalsen.com/1/post/2014/03/reading-the-mind-of-a-mind-reader.html
http://www.kunalsen.com/1/post/2014/03/reading-the-mind-of-a-mind-reader.html
Waldman unsparingly catalogues the social milieu of publishing-diaspora-in-Brooklyn thirty-somethings. Well before the end of the book, you start to see why, when the revolution comes, they shoot the intellectuals first.
emotional
funny
medium-paced