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Liked It3 of 3 members found this review helpful “It's the middle of a nasty snow storm, and the manager of the Red Lobster is having a very bad day. As one thing after another goes wrong - a testy mother with an obnoxious child, a busload of senior citizens with food poisoning, a disenchanted employee takes revenge - Manny handles it all with...” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“Love Stewart O'Nan's writing. An excellent choice for Christmas time. ”
Robin B wrote this review yesterday. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“A quick read and I thought it was a sweet and somewhat sad story.”
Karen H wrote this review yesterday. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“A wonderful story about the kind of people most of us simply ignore as we go from day to day.”
Hal S wrote this review 4 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“A lovely, well-written book. I found it to be sad but in a positive way.”
Jill M wrote this review 2 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Well-written slice of life story about the manager of a Red Lobster on the last day of the operation and his crew. Manny DeLeon faces the restaurant's last day, 4 days before Christmas, with a blizzard in the forecast. It's amazing any of his employees show up, especially since he can only take 4 of them with him to employment at Olive Garden on Monday. O'Nan describes the scene, emotions, and characters effectively in few words. Somber, not a typical holiday story, but very timely given today's economic situation. ”
bookappeal wrote this review 2 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“ A fascinating character study of the staff at a New Jersey last night (before it closes) of a Red Lobster restaurant. This is a short book but it packs alot in such as the value and role of work in society.”
Melanie D wrote this review 2 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“O'Nan is grey skies, biting cold, blowing snow, blank walls and empty parking lots, and no one does it better. It's hard to explain why this quick little book is so sad, but it is. It's a bit limited (perhaps by its brevity), but the detail is spot on, and it gives urgent reality to his characters, especially since they're people whose lives intersect with your own every day, but because of their ordinaryness, you normally never give them a second thought.”
Jenny B wrote this review Thursday, November 19 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Cheers!This is about the closing down of a Red Lobster restaurant in Maine. It was told through the eyes of the manager who was stuck between a corporate decision and loyalty to staff members.”
Sara R wrote this review Monday, October 5 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Different but very entertaining. Especially if you have ever worked in a restaurant!”
karen b wrote this review Thursday, September 3 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“O'Nan causes you to be engrossed in the events surrounding the last day of operation of a Red Lobster and it's hard suffering employees. That's not an easy task, but it moves along so swiftly and is over before you know it (it's only 160 pages). Ultimately it doesn't amount to much more than a character study, but sometimes it's nice to read a book about average people with lives much like our own.”
Kai P wrote this review Thursday, September 3 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
