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DNF about halfway
Gorgeous writing but there's just not much happening and I can't deal with the ~lives of Manhattan's elite~ right now
Gorgeous writing but there's just not much happening and I can't deal with the ~lives of Manhattan's elite~ right now
A beautifully illustrated resource for inspiring compassion and empathy.
2.5 stars
Teddy Tremble used to be a rock star, but a few bad choices caused his star to fade prematurely, and now he’s a lawyer. He’s not unhappy, per se, but he hasn’t ever been able to move on from his music career or his pseudo-romance with Mack, the band’s bassist. An unflattering photo in a museum exhibit prompts him to journey to Switzerland, where he realizes that maybe it’s not all over...and he decides to get the band back together.
This book is funny. Like, laugh out loud. But it's also riddled with moments of pretentious, extremely self-conscious introspection that make it a total eye-roll machine. In his desperation to convince the reader he's not a hack, the author/narrating character constantly reminds us that he KNOWS it's all a cliché. But does that really help?
I just sort of wish this story could've been told from the point of view of someone other than Teddy Tremble.
Teddy Tremble used to be a rock star, but a few bad choices caused his star to fade prematurely, and now he’s a lawyer. He’s not unhappy, per se, but he hasn’t ever been able to move on from his music career or his pseudo-romance with Mack, the band’s bassist. An unflattering photo in a museum exhibit prompts him to journey to Switzerland, where he realizes that maybe it’s not all over...and he decides to get the band back together.
This book is funny. Like, laugh out loud. But it's also riddled with moments of pretentious, extremely self-conscious introspection that make it a total eye-roll machine. In his desperation to convince the reader he's not a hack, the author/narrating character constantly reminds us that he KNOWS it's all a cliché. But does that really help?
I just sort of wish this story could've been told from the point of view of someone other than Teddy Tremble.
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