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I read many, many, many books. I am happy to read anything from classic fiction to pure escapist chic lit. I don't mind mediocre writing, gratuitous sex scenes or weak predictable plots since the authors allow me to enter another world for one or two hours every day, and for that I am grateful. Even if their books are easily forgettable, for the time that I am reading them, they are a fun way to spend my time. But every now and again a book comes along that makes me rethink my strategy of readin...
The reductive takeaway: The adult Perks of Being a Wallflower.Sometimes I wonder if I read the same book as other people. That's usually when I hate something that other people love. It's rarer when we both like the same book, but for vastly different reasons and have vastly different interpretations. But of course, the power of literature is interpretation, so it's to be expected.For some reason, people keep calling this book "fun" and "entertaining." I'm sure someone probably called it a "ligh...
The Silver Linings Playbook, Matthew QuickThe book is narrated through the eyes of Pat Peoples, and occasionally Tiffany's through letters. A former history teacher who has moved back to his childhood home in Collingswood, New Jersey, after spending time in a Baltimore psychiatric hospital, Pat believes he has been away only a few months, but soon realizes it has been years, and struggles to piece together his lost memories and what has become of his wife, Nikki. He has a hypothesis that life is...
What a fun book! I’m sure it’s enjoyable for anyone that doesn’t have a stick up their ass, but it’s the kind of book that even non-readers will love, too, because it’s an easy read, and the chapters are short, and it’s entertaining the whole way through, and it’s funny as hell. Our narrator, Pat Peoples, is pretty crazy by society’s standards. He’s been in “the bad place” for years, and once out, with the help of his sweet mother, he’s trying to get his life back on track so he can reunite with...
Update: I finished this book a day ago and it's really stayed with me. I've been thinking about the earnestness of Pat. He had such good intentions! He was focused on being kind instead of being right, which is an attitude that could help many of us. He was focused on improving his mind and on trying new things -- more positive attributes. He wanted to be nicer to his family and he exercised every day -- both good things. If he didn't have an anger problem, he would make a great friend! I increa...
A darkly comedic novel, fresh and just plain fun. Ignore the screaming chick-lit cover & book blurb, obviously the marketing department was calling the shots. Recently released from a 4 year gig in a mental institution, Pat People is fixated on reconciling with his ex-wife. With heartbreaking tunnel-vision he believes as long as he has an uber-positive attitude he’ll win her back. It’s a great debut, a quirky story that grapples with an eclectic mix of subjects including mental illness, the dyna...
4,2 starsOkay... so it was good. As you can already tell by my rating, it was an enjoyable read. However it did not give me the 5 star thrill. It is beautifully crafted, such an entertaining story, lovely and funny characters, inspiring message but it did not keep me eager to read and read. Would I recommend it? - Totally. Would I read it again? - Unlikely. Was it worth reading? - Of course.
"F**ing shit, what kind of a God are you!?"Matthew Quick`s The Silver Linings Playbook is the story of Patrick `Peoples` - his journey towards recovery after coming back from the `bad place`, a mental recovery institution. On a higher level, it does feel funny and hilarious to read. But, this is actually a deeply serious potrayal and depiction of the inside view of a person, who is going through a mentally and emotionally turbulent period in life.A must-read in order to get a perspective and und...
Pat Peoples has been confined to the ‘bad place’, but he finally gets to leave and live with his parents until he can get back on his feet. Pat’s main goal is to continue on a path of self-improvement including working on being kinder, strenuous exercise and reading books so he'll be a better husband when he finally sees his beloved wife Nikki again after their ‘apart time’.Pat likes being home, but his moody father refuses to talk to him unless the Philadelphia Eagles win. Plus, his mother and
This was a sweet story and a quick easy read. I can see why a lot of people would love it. For me it fell flat and was fairly predictable. I felt disappointed when we finally learn why the main character is in the position he is in. I was expecting something more shocking and interesting. Some parts also felt contrived and too coincidental for me to enjoy fully.
2.5ish stars. (Movie: 4.5 ish stars). Basically, the movie is better. Its writer/director, David O. Russell, took the basic structure of the novel and turned it into something special. The book is a sporadically entertaining but strange story about a man whose TBI and repressed memories cause him to act and think like a teenager, and the unkind, manipulative, but well-meaning woman who is into it for some reason. The movie is a nuanced, sometimes hilarious picture of mental health seen through t...
The book is SO much better than the movie! I'm actually kind of shocked how much they changed or left out in the adaptation. If you liked the movie, you should read the book and then maybe reconsider! :)
Also posted on rabbitsforteaWarning: This book will spoil some classics if you have yet to read them.1. The Scarlet Letter2. The Great Gatsby3. A Farewell to Arms4. The Catcher in the Rye5. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn6. The Bell JarAlright, consider yourselves warned, now onward to my short review.Silver Linings is one of those books that I wouldn't normally pick up and probably wouldn't if not for wanting to read it before I watch the movie. From the trailer, I expected a pretty light he...
Just saw the movie and I cried like a little girl..The next day, after reading the book...Well, I'm a little disappointed in the book. The movie was excellent. I loved the chemistry between the actors, their wonderful performances and the story.I found myself skipping pages in the book whenever Pat talked about football. I didn't find Pat and Tiffany's romantic relationship credible because the book lacked the proper detailed descriptions of their heated encounters. I'm going to compare the book...
I loved the movie, so I thought I would enjoy the book and it was delightful, very charming and full of silver linings. This is a book about mental illness and recovery from so it is weird that it has such a light tone. It works though. I really empathized with Pat and Tiffany and their odyssey to wellness, self-fulfillment and enlightenment. Pat's family dynamic was more troublesome in the book and you could understand why he had such a terrible temper with his closed-off father as an example.
Well, thank god that's over. I don't know what's wrong with me, considering everyone else seems to think this is a good book (4 stars). Me - not so much. I can see how I would like the movie though. I should just stick with that. Maybe you just can't go from Pat Conroy's "Lords of Discipline" and Herman Koch's "The Dinner" to this ... I mean, I understand the construct - but I kind of felt like the "diary style" writing limited the author's ability to let me really feel the story. I was so distr...
a friend of a friend was looking at my bookshelves recently and making my favorite kind of conversation (which is a conversation made up exclusively of statements about books i own) when he picked up this book.and he was like, "this is my favorite movie, but i'm scared if i read the book it'll ruin it."and i said, "you just picked up the single book (out of 700+ books) that i would make this statement about: the movie is better. don't even bother."and that's the extent of my thoughts.go birds!pa...
I laughed the majority of the time with this book.
"Life is random and fucked-up and arbitrary, until you find someone who can make sense of it all for you if only temporarily." I don't know what it is about this book that appealed to me so much. I don't think I'm quite in the same emotional parameter as Pat Peoples, who narrates this story. But I felt myself in simpatico with him. He was completely real to me.I kept thinking "Oh Pat!" throughout the book. I could feel how life had overwhelmed him. The dismay and astonishment he felt at situatio...
There are good books and there are bad books, period, that's the distinction. Norton Juster It appears that this book was structured, not around a plot but around a shamelessly badly rendered character. This idea could have been surprisingly successful, if in the hands of a author who knows his craft. 2d characters. You can almost hear the echo of their cries as they wither in a lack of creativity and the weight of their soul crush monotony. The main character is a narcissistic, obsessed, chi