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4.0
I am nearly in love with this book. Took me a long, long time to really understand what this novel was trying to do, but as soon as I really sat down with it and concentrated on it I managed to read the majority of it in one night because I was absolutely entranced.
This is a coming of age novel following Earl Przepasniak through his childhood and into young adulthood, and focuses on his relationship with his family and especially his father. Earl spends his whole life trying to please his father and not really understanding why, whilst at the same time trying to come to grips with his identity as an American, as a brother and son, and at the end as a father himself.
Much of Earl's narrative really reminded me of Holden Caulfield's voice which I am so happy about because I think I can confidently compare them with each other in terms of both the adolescent voice but also some other bigger themes. I'm definitely going to re-read this and I'm so excited to be able to, because I think I'm going to love it even more on a second read.
This is a coming of age novel following Earl Przepasniak through his childhood and into young adulthood, and focuses on his relationship with his family and especially his father. Earl spends his whole life trying to please his father and not really understanding why, whilst at the same time trying to come to grips with his identity as an American, as a brother and son, and at the end as a father himself.
Much of Earl's narrative really reminded me of Holden Caulfield's voice which I am so happy about because I think I can confidently compare them with each other in terms of both the adolescent voice but also some other bigger themes. I'm definitely going to re-read this and I'm so excited to be able to, because I think I'm going to love it even more on a second read.
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