Reviews

Un'altra occupazione by Joshua Cohen

angie82's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

rocketiza's review against another edition

2.0

Too unfocused storytelling, too many commas.

tsharris's review against another edition

2.0

Pretty disappointing, given the laurels Cohen has received. I just don't get what he was trying to achieve here. Too much artfulness, not enough focus on telling a story clearly. The characters were fairly flat, the story made huge, confusing jumps, and while I think Cohen tried to address big themes, his writing was too dense to offer clear thoughts. Really struggled to finish.

cebolla's review against another edition

3.0

Meh, not as good as The Netanyahus.

kingtoad's review against another edition

funny informative lighthearted reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

bookonium's review against another edition

tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

edgoff's review against another edition

3.0

Overall, I liked the book. But, it was really dense for such a small book. It look a lot of focus to follow the characters and try to keep them all straight. The writing was great though. I thought the connection between all of the characters were pretty interesting too. I probably won't read any of his other books.

eralon's review against another edition

3.0

This was really well-written but hyper-masculine and joyless. 

k8iedid's review against another edition

3.0

I wanted to like this book so much - I loved the concept of the 2 different scenarios. I found many of Cohen's character descriptions absolutely beautiful, but the plot just didn't keep me engaged as I'd hoped.

robs320's review against another edition

challenging dark funny informative tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0