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The Friend
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I almost bailed on this a couple of times, but it is short and has gotten such critical acclaim that I decided to power through. There is a thin story about a woman grief-stricken over the death of a friend and how she cares for his dog. But a lot of the book is just ramblings about various topics. There is also a lot of whining about how tough it is to be a writer and the state of literature today and how everybody thinks they can write, etc. 🙄
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Nov 13, 2018 02:24PM
I am laughing because before I read your synopsis I had asked my library to get this one on Overdrive. They kindly did. Now I don't really want to read it.
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Mid way through and just about ready to put it down. I’ve been feeling like the odd man out and see now that I’m not alone.
My thoughts exactly. I listened to it on Audible and it was all I could do to power through to the end. I don't get the hype.
There is also a lot of whining about how tough it is to be a writer and the state of literature today and how everybody thinks they can writeYes. I kept thinking "try coal mining, or even night shift at Denny's"
Lark wrote: "There is also a lot of whining about how tough it is to be a writer and the state of literature today and how everybody thinks they can writeYes. I kept thinking "try coal mining, or even night s..."
Exactly.
Agreed. The book came highly recommended but I ended up skimming through it from about the halfway point. I didn’t like the narrative or the narrator and frankly it was boring.
I totally agree. I would add, though, that there’s so many great books out there, I probably should have bailed and moved on. It did have its beautiful moments, but largely a big snooze
Yes. I’m over half-way through and I feel like I’m just reading someone’s stream-of-consciousness journal. The dog (who I had no idea shares the name of my dog when I bought this) doesn’t even seem to be a central part of the book. At least not up to Part Seven, which I’m about to start.
I’m 1/3 through and wondering why I’m not listening to a dog story. Blah blah blah...
Jerrie, I am inclined to agree with you. I am currently about 100 pages to the end and I'm having the same struggles about ramblings. I hopped on Goodreads to read some of the comments and I'm sorry to say I don't agree with most. Like you I'm going to power through it because I'm so far into it. Thank you for your comment.
Also a lot of critiques about female students, in particular :(
lol your review is on point! loved it
