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Liked It “I enjoyed this book. Quick read, read it in one day. Great outlook on life and relationships. The characters are very real and reminded me a lot of my friens & myself. It makes you see how you truly value yourself, your friends, and the things you do in life. Different than most life...” see full review » see other reviews » |
Didn’t Like It “The story could have been great. Really. It has potentials. BUT! The end leaves you with a huge question mark, his writting becomes tiring and long and in the end you forget what it was the whole point of the sentence.” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“The story could have been great. Really. It has potentials. BUT! The end leaves you with a huge question mark, his writting becomes tiring and long and in the end you forget what it was the whole point of the sentence.”
Alkyoni P wrote this review Wednesday, January 13 2010. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Was rather anti-climatic. Could have been so much more. Has great structure and character establishment, but fall very flat in the end. ”
Nekko O wrote this review Thursday, January 7 2010. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“This book was just okay. Anyone interested in reading this book should go into it expecting a light, funny story. If you expect anything else, or anything resembling other Letham novels, you will be disappointed.”
Karl B wrote this review Wednesday, December 30 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“I enjoyed this book. Quick read, read it in one day. Great outlook on life and relationships. The characters are very real and reminded me a lot of my friens & myself. It makes you see how you truly value yourself, your friends, and the things you do in life. Different than most life adventure books, it is like you're reading someone's journal, which was a nice interpretation. ”
Holly B wrote this review Thursday, December 24 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Completely detestable characters repeatedly making mistakes. And, for no apparent reason, a kangaroo.”
Katie D wrote this review Tuesday, October 20 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Ugh. Ick. Bleh.”
Joshua G wrote this review Wednesday, October 14 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Lucinda Hoekke spends eight hours a day at the Complaint Line, listening to anonymous callers air their random grievances. Most of the time, the work is excruciatingly tedious. But one frequent caller, who insists on speaking only to Lucinda, captivates her with his off-color ruminations and opaque self-reflections. In blatant defiance of the rules, Lucinda and the Complainer arrange a face-to-face meeting — and fall desperately in love.
Wendy B wrote this review Friday, April 10 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Consumed by passion, Lucinda manages only to tear herself away from the Complainer to practice with the alternative band in which she plays bass. The lead singer of the band is Matthew, a confused young man who works at the zoo and has kidnapped a kangaroo to save it from ennui. Denise, the drummer, works at No Shame, a masturbation boutique. The band's talented lyricist, Bedwin, conflicted about the group's as-yet-nonexistent fame, is suffering from writer's block. Hoping to recharge the band's creative energy, Lucinda "suggests" some of the Complainer's philosophical musings to Bedwin. When Bedwin transforms them into brilliant songs, the band gets its big break, including an invitation to appear on L.A.'s premiere alternative radio show. The only problem is the Complainer. He insists on joining the band, with disastrous consequences for all.
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“I enjoyed that the superficiality of this book was mirrored by its setting: Los Angeles. For Letham a place is one of the characters. Something about the way this was written made my mind imagine each character sitting inside their car on the freeway at rush hour, moving forward a bit, stopping, looking around at what other people are doing a bit, talking on their phone, listening to music, and possibly going backwards a bit when choosing the wrong lane to change into. It seemed that characters only interacted in ones and twos, never in large groups and the conflict was strange enough for Letham, but truly only secondary and ultimately uncooperative with the dialogue. Maybe he did need a paycheck as other reviewers suggest or maybe he got tired of being described the same way by the same people. Much like the characters in this book: setting events in motion to produce a transformation....can that really be called a transformation? ”
incacat wrote this review Tuesday, December 16 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“This was my first Jonathan Lethem, and I'm sorry I chose it. I should have gone straight for "Motherless Brooklyn" because "You Don't Love Me Yet" felt like an accomplished author's phoning it in for a book contract. I agree with other reader--I didn't care for the characters and didn't finish it. Rare. Some interesting elements, as if Lethem tried to like parts of the story, but clearly not where his heart was. A disappointment. ”
karixanadu wrote this review Friday, November 21 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
