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A review by jolly_joshy
Straight Man by Richard Russo
2.0
This book was one of those books where almost every time I picked up reading it, I thought about how I didn't want to read it anymore. It just wasn't for me.
I chose to read this book because one of my professors said this was his favorite book. So... I dove right in. And I can definitely see why he likes it, because the story is about a professor who feels like everything around him is going wrong, and he has a wife, and he has a bunch of personal issues that he complains about in the book, and then at the end of the book, he comes to terms with all those issues.
Cool.
I guess...
But I mean it wasn't a book that I took much away from, and it wasn't a book that kept me on the edge of my seat, or wanting to return and finish it.
Nonetheless, very interesting style and good writing (I still don't know if the author was just writing an autobiography, or about one of his friends, or actually a totally fictional character).
I chose to read this book because one of my professors said this was his favorite book. So... I dove right in. And I can definitely see why he likes it, because the story is about a professor who feels like everything around him is going wrong, and he has a wife, and he has a bunch of personal issues that he complains about in the book, and then at the end of the book, he comes to terms with all those issues.
Cool.
I guess...
But I mean it wasn't a book that I took much away from, and it wasn't a book that kept me on the edge of my seat, or wanting to return and finish it.
Nonetheless, very interesting style and good writing (I still don't know if the author was just writing an autobiography, or about one of his friends, or actually a totally fictional character).