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Silver Linings Playbook
May. 7th, 2013 10:27 pmHas anyone else read Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick?
I enjoyed the movie well enough and have actually heard a lot of great things about the book, so I bought it on kindle... because it was cheap, frankly. I then later regretted purchasing it. (Despite its cheapness) Because I kind of forgot (or chose to ignore?) that I usually LOATHE fiction (or thinly-veiled autobiographies) written by (usually white) men, about (usually white) men who are depressed, despondent, usually either single/divorced/in a failing marriage, middle-aged (or close to it) and who have daddy issues. I just.... blech. The plight of the unsatisfied-with-life middle-aged white man! NOT MY FAVORITE THING EVER. I usually can't get past the first couple of chapters if that's the picture I'm being given.
But this is different. The writer gives Pat such a unique, almost child-like, very stream-of-consciousness style voice. I am actually loving it so far. (CONFESSIONAL: It doesn't hurt that the chapters are short and I fly right through them.) Obviously I already know how it ends. In this case that's not helping or hurting. But yeah... so much better than I anticipated after the "crap, I totally paid for this book" remorse set in.
I enjoyed the movie well enough and have actually heard a lot of great things about the book, so I bought it on kindle... because it was cheap, frankly. I then later regretted purchasing it. (Despite its cheapness) Because I kind of forgot (or chose to ignore?) that I usually LOATHE fiction (or thinly-veiled autobiographies) written by (usually white) men, about (usually white) men who are depressed, despondent, usually either single/divorced/in a failing marriage, middle-aged (or close to it) and who have daddy issues. I just.... blech. The plight of the unsatisfied-with-life middle-aged white man! NOT MY FAVORITE THING EVER. I usually can't get past the first couple of chapters if that's the picture I'm being given.
But this is different. The writer gives Pat such a unique, almost child-like, very stream-of-consciousness style voice. I am actually loving it so far. (CONFESSIONAL: It doesn't hurt that the chapters are short and I fly right through them.) Obviously I already know how it ends. In this case that's not helping or hurting. But yeah... so much better than I anticipated after the "crap, I totally paid for this book" remorse set in.
