A review by goodem9199
A Wolf at the Table by Augusten Burroughs

3.0

The 3 stars are for the writing quality alone. As a huge fan of Burroughs, it was really disappointing to dislike one of his books. I thought the story was fractured. It didn't flow well to me, and I kept waiting for something to happen that never did. I listened to this on CD, and in the past, I've thought he was one of the best authors that I had ever heard read. Not so this time around. He was so overdramatic, sobbing at parts, that it was uncomfortable to listen to. Having said all of that, the writing itself was really strong. On the other hand, I sometimes felt as if he was trying to see how many descriptive words he could pack into a paragraph. What a bummer!