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A review by rickwren
You Remind Me of Me by Dan Chaon
2.0
What I need out of a novel is characters I can relate to - care about - and situations that engage me as a reader, caring for the welfare of characters for whom I have an emotional attachment. This story of two brothers separated by an adoption didn't provide that for me. I didn't care about either one of the main characters and I didn't care about their poor choices which put them in life's loser column. It wasn't unfortunate circumstances that made them victims, it was lying, dealing, drugs, and apathy. Note: Apathy does not a good character make. The whole way through this novel, I just felt blah.
The one character that I should've felt empathy toward was a young boy . . . and yet, he didn't act like a young boy at all. He acted like a robot version of a young boy, without emotions and without the impetuous nature that children possess. I felt like I was reading a story written by an author who has never been around children.
It just didn't work on so many levels. It didn't work for me at all.
The one character that I should've felt empathy toward was a young boy . . . and yet, he didn't act like a young boy at all. He acted like a robot version of a young boy, without emotions and without the impetuous nature that children possess. I felt like I was reading a story written by an author who has never been around children.
It just didn't work on so many levels. It didn't work for me at all.