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2.34 AVERAGE
2.34 AVERAGE
A brief but affecting multicharacter story about aging and parenthood and medicine.
Having just read "Five Days at Memorial" about the horrific way some elderly patients were treated after Katrina, I took from this book that every life if valuable. But I couldn't help but feel I didn't really get the point of the book. Maybe if I was older?
man, this book went downhill. it was a real slog to finish the last 80 pages, and it's only 165 pages long.
too jumbled for me...too many characters with too few descriptions. just not my bag.
too jumbled for me...too many characters with too few descriptions. just not my bag.
Wow- did I hate this book. The writing is all over the place- and is precocious fit the sake if being precocious. In an attempt to be cite and quirky Md innovative- the author sacrificed all story and characterization
I read this because it was on done "best of list ". I simply didn't get it. Worst book I've read on years
Don't read this.
I read this because it was on done "best of list ". I simply didn't get it. Worst book I've read on years
Don't read this.
A strange little book. I could appreciate the author's skill but I can't help but wionder what on earth it was all about.
I'm not sure how I feel about this book. On the one hand, I did enjoy it, and it's got memorable characters and some interesting ideas. But on the other hand I don't feel like there was very much point to it. I'm really not sure.
It took a long time to read this for no particularly good reason, but it seems like a gentle description of dementia in different forms and different types. Lovely writing.
strange. all of the elderly that check into a particular hospital rapidly exhibit dementia. but that storyline is only very loosely pursued as a way to discuss the various characters affected and therefore feels almost unnecessary. a day in the life of a senior residential facility could have easily provided a less confusing backdrop.