“borrowed this from laura. in the wake of the death of one of his two closet friends, will - a seemingly normal twenty-something - enlists his remaining friend to accompany him on a spontaneous multi-continental quest to distribute to strangers the wealth he's recently aquired but with which he feels uncomfortable. the pair hop from country to country, without a plan, desperate to happen across some form of destiny, and to distract themselves from the confusion their experiences have bred. certain elements of the characters' backstories make them less relatable here than in egger's memoirs, and the author's choice to make will's mind those few shades too dark made me feel more detatched than empathetic, unlike my experience reading eggers' non-fiction. will and his friend start out quirky and interesting, but the more we learn about how will actually perceives the world, the less i like what i'm seeing. well written and interesting, but unnecessarily dark and ultimately hard to identify with.”
Matt H wrote this review Monday, June 16 2008.
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