I loved Attenberg's painfully blunt, omniscient narrator, revealing all those inner thoughts that we never share. (The one chapter written from a different p.o.v. didn't work for me.)
I loved the foreshadowing and straight-up revelation of characters' fates.
It took me a while to warm up to the characters, but this was such a quick read (in both length and style) that I stuck with them and felt rewarded.
The Middlesteins reminded me of the Bravermans from the TV show Parenthood: liberal, chaotic family with some weed and sex thrown in. (Benny & Rachelle Middlestein especially remind me of Adam & Kristina Braverman.)
I almost forgot: So You Think You Can Dance = BEST B'NAI MITVAH (that's plural for Bar or Bat Mitvah & what you call it when twins share a ceremony) THEME EVER!
I loved the foreshadowing and straight-up revelation of characters' fates.
It took me a while to warm up to the characters, but this was such a quick read (in both length and style) that I stuck with them and felt rewarded.
The Middlesteins reminded me of the Bravermans from the TV show Parenthood: liberal, chaotic family with some weed and sex thrown in. (Benny & Rachelle Middlestein especially remind me of Adam & Kristina Braverman.)
I almost forgot: So You Think You Can Dance = BEST B'NAI MITVAH (that's plural for Bar or Bat Mitvah & what you call it when twins share a ceremony) THEME EVER!
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