Comments on: Review: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

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BAND August Discussion: Nonfiction Beginnings — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 11:57:01 +0000

[...] few reviews for this blog, started in May 2008, were nonfiction reads: Dave Eggers’ memoir A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, Ben Mezrich’s Bringing Down the House, and Steven Johnson’s Everything Bad is [...]

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[...] Kim – I enjoyed A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers (my review). I also thought that Jesus Land by Julia Scheeres was a good memoir, although the topic matter was [...]

By: Blood Equivalnce

Blood Equivalnce — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 02:10:12 +0000

This was an amazing work.
Only the inane will pick up a memior and not enjoy the inner thoughts of the author.
This book has strong impact if one has a younger brother.

By: grayskyeyes

grayskyeyes — Fri, 16 May 2008 15:58:20 +0000

Becca — I agree, the stream-of-consciousness writing near the middle and the end does get long, and sometimes hard to get through; I thought the Real World chapter was way too long. I think what kept me going though, and the reason I liked the book so much, was the parts where Eggers focused on relationships and people, especially he and Toph. Those sections were always my favorite. Even in the long parts, I loved those moments enough to probably read it again.

And no parade raining, to each his own

By: Becca

Becca — Fri, 16 May 2008 04:52:40 +0000

Heh. This was my second book review ever (at my old blog on myspace), which I titled “A Boring Work of Epic Proportions.” I really wanted to like this book, and I actually did for the first few chapters, but after that it got really difficult to read. The inner monologue just became really difficult for me to follow. And the whole part about The Real World really should have just been cut out.