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beastreader's review against another edition
2.0
Bob Coffen has been an employee at Dumper Games for ten years. His boss is ten years his junior. Bob is presented with a clock for his all his years as an employee. The engraving on the clock has his name wrong…It says Robert Coffen. Bob is just Bob not Robert. Even his own boss does not know his name.
On his way home, Bob is run off the road on his bicycle by his neighbor, Nicholas Schumann. Schumann is a douche bag. At if things are any better at home. Bob’s son plays violent video games and his wife, Jane is worried about one thing. Training to be a world champion in treading water.
To be honest, I really wanted to stick this book out as I had read other peoples thoughts on this book and they all liked it a lot. Unfortunately this book was not for me. Right from the get go. I found Bob’s family to be annoying. His neighbor is a jerk. Bob to be such a punching bag. I know this was about Bob finding himself and growing as a person and getting a back bone but I was so turned off by everyone else that I did not care if Bob had a happy ending. At the same time, I do count the fact that I did not like the characters as a good thing. It meant that they were fully dimensional and not just one sided. I wished that I could have stuck this book out but just could not.
On his way home, Bob is run off the road on his bicycle by his neighbor, Nicholas Schumann. Schumann is a douche bag. At if things are any better at home. Bob’s son plays violent video games and his wife, Jane is worried about one thing. Training to be a world champion in treading water.
To be honest, I really wanted to stick this book out as I had read other peoples thoughts on this book and they all liked it a lot. Unfortunately this book was not for me. Right from the get go. I found Bob’s family to be annoying. His neighbor is a jerk. Bob to be such a punching bag. I know this was about Bob finding himself and growing as a person and getting a back bone but I was so turned off by everyone else that I did not care if Bob had a happy ending. At the same time, I do count the fact that I did not like the characters as a good thing. It meant that they were fully dimensional and not just one sided. I wished that I could have stuck this book out but just could not.
lindamooreauthor's review against another edition
4.0
Wonderful commentary about life in the suburbs. Loved the HOA violation for having a rainbow over your property and other clever ideas.
adw7984's review against another edition
3.0
The style of this book reminded me a lot of The Financial Lives of Poets by Jess Walters. One incident that causes a chain reaction of bad ideas and funny hijinx.
At times it was a little difficult to see how Bob had wound up in some of these situations, but it sure made for some funny reading! The one aspect I didn’t particularly care for was his wife. I just didn’t like her, she was so strange. Also, how does a human tread water for over 80 hours. Where did she go to the bathroom, how did she sleep? It’s all I could think about!
Now I usually try not to comment on book covers, but I have to on this one. This is one of the worst covers I have ever seen, I’m sorry. It’s boring, almost textbook like! If they could get a better cover on this book, I think it might get more people to read it.
Despite the cover, Mohr writes with a funny, young voice. I enjoyed this book from beginning to end and never knew what to expect! I look forward to see what he was to write in the future.
*This book was provided for review on Confessions of a Bookaholic. All thoughts and opinions are my own
At times it was a little difficult to see how Bob had wound up in some of these situations, but it sure made for some funny reading! The one aspect I didn’t particularly care for was his wife. I just didn’t like her, she was so strange. Also, how does a human tread water for over 80 hours. Where did she go to the bathroom, how did she sleep? It’s all I could think about!
Now I usually try not to comment on book covers, but I have to on this one. This is one of the worst covers I have ever seen, I’m sorry. It’s boring, almost textbook like! If they could get a better cover on this book, I think it might get more people to read it.
Despite the cover, Mohr writes with a funny, young voice. I enjoyed this book from beginning to end and never knew what to expect! I look forward to see what he was to write in the future.
*This book was provided for review on Confessions of a Bookaholic. All thoughts and opinions are my own
rebeccafromflorida's review against another edition
4.0
I’m part of TNBBC’s Fight Song Blog Tour, and the other day, I was lucky enough to have Joshua Mohr on my blog talking about his quest for happiness and how it’s related to his amazing novel, Fight Song.
Fight Song chronicles a period in Bob Coffen’s when he is run down, with a job he despises, kids who would rather use technology than speak to him, and a wife, Jane, who is distancing herself. Bob finds some unexpected advice in strange places, such as with his overly aggressive and living-in-his-football-past neighbor, a janitor from work who is the lead singer in a unique Kiss band, and a fast food employee who makes extra cash as phone sex operator through the drive thru intercom.
Bob Coffen essentially goes on a quest to achieve happiness in his life. Some of the things I will take from Fight Song and Bob’s journey are:
For the full review, visit Love at First Book
Fight Song chronicles a period in Bob Coffen’s when he is run down, with a job he despises, kids who would rather use technology than speak to him, and a wife, Jane, who is distancing herself. Bob finds some unexpected advice in strange places, such as with his overly aggressive and living-in-his-football-past neighbor, a janitor from work who is the lead singer in a unique Kiss band, and a fast food employee who makes extra cash as phone sex operator through the drive thru intercom.
Bob Coffen essentially goes on a quest to achieve happiness in his life. Some of the things I will take from Fight Song and Bob’s journey are:
For the full review, visit Love at First Book
lmc_sf's review against another edition
5.0
A lot of books have disaffected middle-aged guy characters; Mohr's character development of Bob Coffen is great.
ohmanbleh's review against another edition
2.0
I don't exactly recommend this, but you could have worse company on a plane.
heat_her's review against another edition
4.0
Bob’s story is raw, sometimes (darkly) humorous, sometimes serious, and often embarrassing. I enjoyed everything about Fight Song, and I highly recommend it.
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