trying to get into the feeling of fall (while it is still unbelievably hot outside). to be honest, i’ve been in a bit of a reading slump for the past few weeks. i’ve chalked it up to it just being way too hot outside to feel comfortable doing anything besides laying in bed and watching tv. but more recently, i’ve pushed myself to start reading again, and i just finished This Is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Topper a few days ago. let me start by saying that i have had this book on my to-be-read list since 2014, i think. but i just now got around to reading it and....ugh, not what i wanted, at all! the story was set up like it would be interesting. i am a sucker for a family drama, and the idea of all the siblings sitting shiva after not having been together for a while - ugh, this could get good. but it never went where i wanted it to go. there wasn’t that much character development. i started to hate Judd, the main character, by the end of it. also, the physical descriptions of many of the characters, especially the women, UGH. i wanted to throw up. the entire focus of every woman in the book was on their physical attributes, and just....gross. i hated it.
i ended up giving this 2 stars because there were parts that i found funny, it was a fairly easy, fast-paced book, AND jason bateman was on the cover. i enjoyed that part the most.
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