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Nessha Putri nesshaputri — Amazing book that I am still trying to wrap my head around. Surprisingly it deals more with human behavior that the finance markets which made it so much more enjoyable. The author's style is unique and very narrative, although admittedly some concepts and terms were frequently incomprehensible for me. It is a great book to make one realize just how much one can not trust one's own thoughts, feelings and perceptions and question everything. The only way to consciously live with the handicap of being human is to be aware of it.

Mohammed Dabbour mohammadda79bd — The book is based on a diary written by a relative of one of Chris Bohjalian's neighbors in Lincoln, VT. It is set at the end of WWII. A family, two parents, a young son and their 18 year old daughter and two young men set out to cross Poland and Germany to get to the British and American lines and safety ahead of the encroaching Soviet Army. The daughter is in love with one of the men, a Scottish POW who was sent to work on their farm. The other man is a Wehrmacht corporal named Manfred, who is really Uri Singer, a Jew who escaped a train bound for Auschwitz. The family has two more sons who are in the German army. It was interesting to read about real people who were caught up on the German side of WWII. The story is good and Chris is a very good writer. I had a hand in making a very minor correction to this book at an advanced reading in Burlington.

Lucas Perrone lucperrone — Though a tad dated, I'd give this book 4.5 stars. Very enjoyable read.

Gabriel Hernandez gabriel_hernandez — Drop City? More like Drop - alright I won't go there. Needless to say I was not pleased with this read. T.C. Boyle has apparently won prestigious literary awards. This is the only book I have read by him and it leaves me wondering how this is possible. Drop City is the story of a 20-something girl, nicknamed Star (ugh...), who joins a hippie commune in the early '70s in California that eventually chooses to pick up and move to their leader's uncle's cabin and land in Alaska. The book is simultaneously the story of the newlywed Sess Harder and his experiences both with his lifelong enemy and with the arrival of the hippies near his lot as the cold winter sets in in Alaska. Here's my three style gripes: One: He overuses the conjunction "and" so much both in narration and dialog that it becomes distracting. Two: He presents characters' thoughts right within the narration so it is sort of first person sometimes even though these first person thoughts that only one character has are presented in the third person voice. Three: The entire story often has two important events happen at the same time. Throughout, he presents one and then tells the reader about the other through character discussions in the fallout. In other words, he never abandons linear chronology; that is, until the climax, when the style abruptly changes. We see what happens from Joe's point of view, then we rewind and see it in Marco's point of view. Then Boyle returns right back to linear chronology for the remainder of the book. This is weak writing. Most importantly, Boyle is clearly mocking the hippie-way throughout the book, but the characters themselves do not learn or suffer too much at all. He does not present any real thought through the action of the plot. Instead, he peppers in sarcasm and cynicism in a most blatant and unimaginative way: by just constantly adding asides within the narration. The book's a bummer cats. A real bummer.