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A review by nooneyouknow
The Throwback Special by Chris Bachelder
4.0
Shy of 4 stars, but rounding up. This one felt pretty meh all the way until the end when I had the opportunity to step back from the barely-there action and the 22 (mostly) white, middle-aged male characters whose names I couldn't even begin to recall and think about what I had just read.
In the end, I thought this was a surprisingly tender book about male friendships, aging, change and renewal. It feels almost like Bachelder has painted a somewhat strange guys' weekend with quick, broad strokes, touching on one character and his thoughts for a paragraph or a few pages before moving on to the next character, forcing you step back to see the whole picture. I was pleasantly surprised by this one. Recommended.
In the end, I thought this was a surprisingly tender book about male friendships, aging, change and renewal. It feels almost like Bachelder has painted a somewhat strange guys' weekend with quick, broad strokes, touching on one character and his thoughts for a paragraph or a few pages before moving on to the next character, forcing you step back to see the whole picture. I was pleasantly surprised by this one. Recommended.