Reviews

The Fuck-Up by Arthur Nersesian

karenjanee's review against another edition

dark hopeful tense medium-paced

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

4.0

lelougrou's review against another edition

dark funny sad tense fast-paced

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

freshkatsu's review against another edition

1.0

I hope Nersesian didn't win an award for this book because to be honest, I can't be bothered to check his profile page. Thanks to the mediocrity of The Fuck-Up, however, now I can enjoy whatever I plan on reading next, even if it's a Meg Cabot.

radrad's review against another edition

2.0

Meh.

pnelson384's review against another edition

3.0

This book is a quick read, and better than the title would make you think.

erikass_77's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

zerozaro's review against another edition

3.0

There were some parts that made me chuckle a bit, but for the most part this book is just the story of a sad guy.... a, well, a fuck-up lol.

lukepadgett's review against another edition

4.0

I got kicked out of the public library for laughing out loud at this book, which may be a better story than the book itself. I happened to read this book at a time in my life where I could relate to the main character so I ended up enjoying the book immensely. Still, the librarian seemed to take offense that not only was I laughing at a book aloud, but the book had a curse word in the title. Fuck her. I thought it was funny.

caustic_wonder's review against another edition

3.0

Well, this book wasn't terrible. But I must have read it at the wrong point in my life, because I just don't see it as this glorious wonder of literature that other people make it out to be.

The rest of the review is here: http://antiquestar.blogspot.com/2012/04/book-review-fuck-up.html

ksusanna's review against another edition

This belongs to the media category of Blokes Doing Fuck-All In NYC basically. Kinda like catcher in the rye or igby goes down, although I enjoyed those 2 way more. I think part of the endearing charm of the aforementioned is that they (holden and igby) are teenage boys who are just starting to learn about life, but the protagonist of this book is a grown man who definitely knows better and just has 0 principles or spine. Actually, the main guy in this book is who catcher in the rye haters think holden is (a nasty irredeemable unprincipled scumbag). Overall, though this had its witty/funny moments, I think it was abt 100 pages too long. Plus every -ist, -phobic, and trigger warning in existence, but I can’t tell if it was satire or just bc it was written by a new yorker armenian man in the 80s