Reviews

The Shelf Life of Happiness by David Machado

karend's review against another edition

3.0

This has some similarities with A Small Revolution, with the narrator addressing a person who is not there and the overall dark tone. Ending was not what I was hoping for.

2.5 rounded up to 3

stepheniedaniel's review against another edition

2.0

This book started off pretty dry n pathetic. It wasn't very interesting to me at the beginning but because of the title, I continued reading. The translation was pretty basic, so there was no real literary value in the book. The main character really got on my nerves because not only is the whole book about the countless conversations he had in his head, but a lot of emphasis is given to describe the war he was waging in his head, trying to justify his actions to himself. The essence of the story held some value that anyone who is in the economic cycle could resonate with, but how the writer chose to present the story was a horrible decision. This book irritated me and I would not recommend it to anyone.