A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius: Based on a True Story
4 journalers for this copy...
This is a hardback edition which I NEVER buy, but it was soooooo highly recommended to me when it came out that I splurged. I felt it was extremely self-indulgent, occasionally very funny and generally overrated. Would love to trade for a copy of The Corrections, another book I've heard so much about, Oprah aside...
Swapping with BookCrosser LaRue for The Corrections..book's in the mail, LaRue, thanks!!
Book arrived today! Will read it and post comments.
Disappointing. The book swings between well-written sections and getting "precious". And staying precious for pages and pages and pages. The tone isn't original, either, pretty much "Holden Caulfield Grows Up". Make sure you take the author up on his advice to skip the introduction, beyond pretentious.
Journal Entry 5 by LaRue at -- Controlled Release in Toronto, Ontario Canada on Friday, October 18, 2002
Released on Friday, October 18, 2002 at Private Release to Another Bookcrosser in Toronto, Ontario Canada.
Sending to fellow bookcrosser nkwriter via mail 10/18/02 in exchange for a Michelin Guide to Quebec.
Sending to fellow bookcrosser nkwriter via mail 10/18/02 in exchange for a Michelin Guide to Quebec.
Received it today! Looking forward to reading it.
UPDATE: I didn't enjoy the book as much as I felt I should have. There are touches of pure genius in both style and observational powers. But, in the main, it's a very hard slog to a not very satisfactory conclusion.
UPDATE: I didn't enjoy the book as much as I felt I should have. There are touches of pure genius in both style and observational powers. But, in the main, it's a very hard slog to a not very satisfactory conclusion.
Journal Entry 7 by thebookmistress at -- Controlled Release in Toronto, Ontario Canada on Wednesday, May 7, 2003
Released on Wednesday, May 07, 2003 at Being mailed to a fellow BookCrosser to read and release. in Toronto, Ontario Canada.
Off to laloba56 in Saskatoon.
Off to laloba56 in Saskatoon.
Recieved this book from another book crosser today. Will do a journal entry after I read it.
