Storia d'amore vera e supertriste

Gary Shteyngart has failed me. True, he probably wasn't aware that he had a responsibility to me, personally, but (in most cultures) ignorance of the law is seldom sufficient cause to dismiss the crime. Shteyngart's crime is that he has written what appears to be an awful book. (I say 'what appears

Oh, did I read this book at the exact wrong time of my life. It's about a thirty-nine year old guy who is quickly losing what small traces of cool he ever had to middle-age as he is relentlessly mocked by a youth culture that finds him old, disgusting and out of touch. I’m forty, very nearly forty-on Leggi tutto

Updated August 2, 2013 - see cool extra links at bottom By reading this review you are denying its existence and implying your agreement with its contents. Gary Shteyngart takes a peek twenty minutes into the future. No shades required. His alter-ego, Lenny Abramov, is a 39-year-old slacker busily wa Leggi tutto

03/10/17 - Seven years later, my review is apparently still very popular. Take THAT, people who thought they left their marks via important, world-changing accomplishments! Re: my feelings on his portrayal of immigrants and how they write - I'm descended from a million generations of hill folk white Leggi tutto

I don't think I've ever been so happy to finish a book. It's not that Super Sad True Love Story is a bad or boring book. It's quite intelligent and it's often funny (perhaps 'witty' would be a better adjective for a New York Times darling like Shteyngart). However, this book is just super sad. In fac Leggi tutto

Find all of my reviews at: http://52bookminimum.blogspot.com/ Holy shitsnacks! What a snoozefest! Super Sad True Love Story is not a book I’d normally choose to read, but since I needed a final selection in order to complete my library’s Winter Reading Challenge I picked it up. Dear Library Winter Leggi tutto

BookFiendUSA: I see that you’ve been reading Super Sad True Love Story. Cute title, big hype. What’s it about? SandyBanks1971: It’s about this guy, Lenny Abramov, second-generation Russian Jewish-American, who is in his “very late thirties” and very bothered about it. He thinks that’s he’s a RAG who Leggi tutto

My favorite quote was "In short I felt paternal and aroused, which is not a good combination." I wish I could meet Gary Shteyngart just to tell him to stay the fuck away from my daughter. Short version: it's unrelatable. Don't read it. I found this book through a blog post where the author used quotes Leggi tutto

This is speculative fiction that is completely on target when it comes to current feelings about the Internet, economics, politics AND youth culture. It’s like Shteyngart took Jaron Lanier’s “You Are Not a Gadget,” all your worst nightmares about the Tea Party, your yuppie friends who keep their fac Leggi tutto

wow WoW WOW!! Mightily Impressed with this modern classic. Finally, someone with the guts to paint our beloved NYC in a perpetually negative, apocalyptic light. (Is Gary Shteyngart the only one to do this, ever?) Romance in war in an alternative reality of modern(ish) day America--so hard to pull off Leggi tutto