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Book Review of The Fuck Up

The Fuck Up
The Fuck Up
Author: Arthur Nersesian
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
2headedboy avatar reviewed "Lit Light" with great characters but a rather pointless, depraved plot on + 27 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3


What makes this book stand out from similar stories told a zillion times is how entranced and entangled you become with the small cast of characters. You CARE about these people and what happens to them, so a meandering plot that never really goes anywhere can be overlooked, perhaps?

If you dig the characters then it's definitely going to be a page turner for you. The sparse prose really moves things along.

Unhappy things do happen and it's not going to raise your spirits, I'll tell you that. It is, however, a uniquely bizarre story about trying to make it in New York City. A poor man's Holden Caulfield you might say.