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Liked It2 of 2 members found this review helpful “I've no idea why I've just gotten around to Wonder Boys but it turned out to be like a scrumptious piece of candy that I'd inadvertently saved for later. Chabon's novel works in so many ways: for the would-be writers among us, there's Grady Tripp's inability to finish his novel; for those of us...” see full review » see other reviews » |
Didn’t Like It “Not my type. Read it for an English assignment. Certainly, not my kind of book.” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“Not my type. Read it for an English assignment. Certainly, not my kind of book.”
Yash wrote this review 2 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Michael Chabon has rocketed himself to one of my favorite authors. All three books I've read by him (Kavalier & Clay, Yiddish Policeman's Union and Wonder Boys) have taken me to a different time and place that I not only enjoyed, but was sad to leave when done. Wonder Boys is more lighthearted that the other two books I read, and his humor works just as well as his drama.
stunkel wrote this review Saturday, October 31 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
I had seen the Michael Douglas film back in high school and loved it, but the book (as is the case most of the time) has so much more depth that it was definitely worth my while to read the book. Not to say the movie isn't worth your time, I'm actually going to go watch it now, but there is so much more to be gathered from this book. If you liked the movie or enjoy any other of Chabon's books, read this one. You won't be disappointed.”
“A little bit self-conscious, but really, really fun to read. Great characters & plot.”
Katie D wrote this review Tuesday, October 20 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“There is some sort of snooty aspect to this book that makes me feel as though stating that I didn't really enjoy it means stating that I didn't really "get" it. I get it. At least I think I do. A pot addled writing professor can't seem to finish his mammoth manuscript for his magnum opus - Wonder Boys, which turns out to be hugely symbolic of his failure at life. And once he lets go, he's free.
HemingwayHeroine wrote this review Tuesday, September 8 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
There's also a tuba. ”
“I like it.but i didn't rush home to read every night. the characters were not very likeable to me. except Emily's father”
Gary/Claire j wrote this review Thursday, September 10 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I am not a big rereader. Life's too short and there is just too much out there to sample.
Paul D wrote this review Wednesday, August 12 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
I have read Wonder Boys three times.
The protagonist, his fragile charge and all the subsidiary characters are a collection of geeks and schlubs. Geeks and shlubs who are vivid and engaging and in their own way heroic. The warmth of the conclusion feels earned and so is deeply satifying.”
“This is the third Chabon book I would recommend (after "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay" and "The Yiddish Policeman's Union"). It's a big bizarre but fun to read and was made into a movie with Michael Douglas. ”
Gene K wrote this review Tuesday, July 14 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I don't even know how to describe this book. Funny, tragic, brilliant, sad...”
AUkat wrote this review Monday, July 13 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I have been wanting to read this book since I watched the movie, finally fulfilled it and the story became clearer to me. All the backstory and characters that were not so clear in the movie was revealed in this book. It would have been one of those inspiring book for me, hasn't it because I kept skipping to read it.
xagerate wrote this review Sunday, May 24 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
The main character is Grady Tripp, an old, over-weight, pot smoking writer in the process of creating his nover, "Wonder Boys". The story mainly revolves in just 2 days of his life, where a current of events would change his fate of life and questioned his future. A weekend full of surprises and twisted journey with different characters surpassed his world.
What interests me in this story was actually the life of the writer that was portrayed as an insomniac,hard-working, and self-indulgent. I don't know why but I'm always intrigued with this sort of character. Maybe inside I wish to become one too. ”“Pittsburgh professor and author Grady Tripp is working on an unwieldy 2,611 page manuscript that is meant to be the follow-up to his successful, award-winning novel The Land Downstairs, that was published seven years earlier. On the eve of a college-sponsored writers and publishers weekend called WordFest, two monumental things happen to Tripp: his wife walks out on him, and he learns that his mistress, who is also the chancellor of the college, Sara Gaskell, is pregnant with his child. To top it all off, Tripp finds himself involved in a bizarre crime involving one of his students, an alienated young writer named James Leer. During a party, Leer shoots and kills the chancellor’s dog and steals her husband’s prized Marilyn Monroe collectible: the jacket worn by the actress on her wedding day to Joe DiMaggio.
Wendy B wrote this review Wednesday, April 29 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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