A review by wuchea
This is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper

3.0

This is a rare occasion for me, in that I think the book was not as good as the movie. I watched the movie a while back and really enjoyed it, so I wanted to check out the book. It was good...but I think the way that Judd, the main character, approaches the women in his life was more blatantly offensive to me in written form than on the screen. On the one hand, it's a wonderful look at a family that has all the dysfunction of a normal family carried to the nth level. On the other hand, that sometimes comes off as cartoonish. I like a good farce, but this book wasn't really written in that style, so in the end, it was only okay for me.