Review: "I oughta write a book..."
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 20, 2013
Haven't we all had a job that left us saying this? Specifically one in retail or working with the public? I know I have.Our narrator (whose name, interestingly, we never learn) seems to have done just that. He's one of the managers at Village Books, an independent bookstore facing its doom as a bigbox corporation prepares to buy them out. Along the way, we meet an eclectic mix of employees a la Empire Records.The only (somewhat) negative comment I can possibly make about this book is that the plot is nothing special. You won't find any suspenseful twists. It doesn't raise any social, moral, or any other kind of question. But it at least flows. And ultimately, the plot doesn't matter because the dialogue (including that between the narrator and reader, thanks to the first person narration) is often hilarious and constantly witty. Be prepared to laugh.