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Liked It “This book is filled with poetic language that ranges from hard-hitting to incredibly sensitive. Flynn tells a beautiful and painful story with creativity and triumph--making art out of bullshit.” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“This book is filled with poetic language that ranges from hard-hitting to incredibly sensitive. Flynn tells a beautiful and painful story with creativity and triumph--making art out of bullshit. ”
emily c wrote this review Thursday, October 29 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Couldn't get into it. ”
Andy McKenzie wrote this review Thursday, August 27 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Remarkable read!”
Beth R wrote this review Sunday, July 5 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“"Bicycle past street lights in the night..." ”
EJ G wrote this review Saturday, June 27 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Flynn worked in homeless shelters in Boston, and at one point, his father was actually a resident in his shelter. Flynn tells the story of his father and their family history. Flynn is also a poet, and his writing style shows this in this memoir. It's my favorite memoir. It's kind of a sad story though.”
Bobby B wrote this review Saturday, June 6 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Better than "Million Little Pieces" and more believable. Good writer.”
Judith P wrote this review Wednesday, May 27 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I thought that this would be better. I would give it three and a half stars. While everyone else seemed to like the format that it was written in, I don't like switching from the present to someone else's history. The book starts out with the author being a child and he's being raised by his mother alone. She is in a series of dysfunctional relationships (even sets the family home on fire for the insurance money while the family is asleep in the home) and she works many jobs to support her two sons. His father is in and out of jail because he is a dysfunctional drunk and has scammed banks as well as other people. When the author gets older, he lives in the armpits of Boston and sometimes on a boat, deals with his own addictions and works in a homeless shelter. Eventually, his father (who is a fantastical liar) shows up at the shelter. The book didn't seem to deal with any of his issues in the book--like did he stop doing drugs, cheating on his girlfriend, take care of his father.....too many unanswered questions.”
Baglady wrote this review Tuesday, May 26 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Raw language, drug use and homelessness keep you firmly rooted in reality, a reality so depressing and facing thousands of Americans that it makes you appreciate life more and makes you want to give back.”
Heidi C wrote this review Friday, December 12 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Realt good chill book. Nothing special but its pretty good throught the whole thing. If your looking for a book just to kinda look around pick thisone. It weird its about this guy working in a gross homeless shelter while his father is in the shelter”
Hailey P wrote this review Tuesday, September 23 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“This is one long poem. the author is clearly tying to explore the boundaries of prose. And with that, i admit, that it is, a times a little heavy handed. However, it is still a great story of a man finally getting to know himself, by finally getting to know his homeless father.”
addi c wrote this review Friday, August 22 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
