Review: He had me at Mourning Commute
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 17, 2013
I’ve been reading outside my normal genres of late and this is one I’m quite pleased to have read. It is engaging, to say the least. The use of language and description has me riding along with Jamie as he moves through life. Whether it’s a feigned attempt to get through the work day or one too many nights of drinking and revelry, I feel like I’m there with him.Some scenes that I found personally meaningful were the ‘talking to’ he gave to his old roommate, Carter (oh, how I wish I could have said those same things to my ex), and the tragic/shocking incident with the bus (his thoughts on death are completely relatable). Moreover, the catalyst to change was remarkable. A bit like the love child of ‘Fear and Loathing’ and ‘Running with Scissors’, ‘All Roads Lead West’ is a great story of over the top excess mingled with the path to enlightenment (er, California) in a well-paced, enjoyable novel.