Andrew Sean Greer

A bit light for my pre-election mood at present.

To read Andrew Sean Greer who is funny and witty and has the most wonderful metaphors restores my love of fiction. I put pages of quotes in my commonplace book. In telling the story of a self-effacing, lovable, heartbroken mid-list novelist named Arthur Less and his journey around the world, I fell in love with the protagonist and the story and even the hardest heart softens with the affection and smiles in this story. Insightful, funny, endearing, the perfect antidote to the times we live in.

Thank you NetGalley and Amazon Original Stories for the chance to read and review this.

Honestly, it was just okay. While Greer's mom is fascinating, I wonder if he really was able to describe her. The road trip felt dry at times and he wasn't able to make it seem like that intense an experience even when it probably was.

However, I did just find int that "Peter, Paul and Mary" was a band. I always thought it was just Britney.

Meh. Really didn’t like this much. Was overly boring and in a weird way more about the gay brother, Felix, than the protagonist, Greta. Also, I’m pretty sure only a man could write a woman choosing to stay in 1918 as pregnant, rather than returning to her own time in 1985.

Just meh. No. No more of Greer for me now that I’ve read the two novels of his that I own, and didn’t think much of either. Max Tivoli was definitely not up my alley, and this one really wasn’t either.