Review: A fine balance of hearbreak, humor and triumph.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 19, 2014
One of the amazing things about this book is the VOICE that it's written in. I've never read a first novel that was so completely realized in HOW THE WRITER CONVEYS HIS OWN THOUGHTS. This book is like sitting in the room with Kucan and listening to him tell a story. You can hear his voice, see his gestures, watch him emote with every sentence. It's easy to forget that you're reading. You simply feel like some guy is regaling you with his crazy life stories. But even as he's telling you about all this drama, even as he's relating how this or that horrible thing happened, there is a humor and insight to it all. Like he's smiling sadly while he tells you. I've never read anything that was so, SO sad, and at exactly the same time so funny and triumphant.