keithbpatrick's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
fast-paced
5.0
writermattphillips's review against another edition
4.0
Really excellent. Inventive and haunting. A couple of the forms within the book I didn't like so much... but it was very inventive throughout.
ecrate's review against another edition
4.0
I'm not sure why I haven't heard of this book before I came across the enticing title in a used book shop. It's very well written, and intriguing.
The beginning of this book is fantastic. Flynn's words fly off the pages effortlessly. However, I felt like the ending was very sloppy. This isn't necessarily a bad thing though, as stylistically speaking it fit well with the messy stream of events. Sort of like a collection of 500 word anecdotes, chronologically arranged, surrounding a common theme.
The beginning of this book is fantastic. Flynn's words fly off the pages effortlessly. However, I felt like the ending was very sloppy. This isn't necessarily a bad thing though, as stylistically speaking it fit well with the messy stream of events. Sort of like a collection of 500 word anecdotes, chronologically arranged, surrounding a common theme.
thatbookishwriter's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
3.75
martyledoux's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death of parent, Abandonment, Drug use, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Suicide
Minor: Racism and Homophobia
marypmcg's review against another edition
3.0
I was drawn to this book by it's hilarious and cynical-sounding title. The story of Nick Flynn and his dad were semi-interesting, especially if you have an interest in the homeless.
rick2's review against another edition
5.0
Man. This book is beautiful. It reads like a Springsteen song mixed with homelessness and hard drugs. Or maybe a sober of Alan Ginsberg. Maybe a sober Alan Ginsberg is basically a low life Springsteen. Anyways, beautiful prose. The writing flows like a mountain steam, not too much, not too little. Just babbling along.
azu_rikka's review against another edition
3.0
Puzzlepieces put together as a memoir.
The author nonchalantly tells his many sad and disturbing childhood-, teen- and young adult memories.
At the start, this way of writing was weird, as bad things were listed by the way...later the author brought it back together, so in hindsight the setup
is rather clever.
He experiments with different writing styles that sometimes flew over my head.
All in all I quite enjoyed the book but am not tempted to read more from the author.
The author nonchalantly tells his many sad and disturbing childhood-, teen- and young adult memories.
At the start, this way of writing was weird, as bad things were listed by the way...later the author brought it back together, so in hindsight the setup
is rather clever.
He experiments with different writing styles that sometimes flew over my head.
All in all I quite enjoyed the book but am not tempted to read more from the author.
hmholmes19's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
3.75