This Is Where I Leave You

I've been listening to a lot of books that are very popular but so not the kind of book I would usually ever pick up to actually read. (Unless it was free or left somewhere and I had time, along with no internet and no legs.) That being said, I actually enjoyed this and am looking forward to the film. I enjoy taking books/stories/entertainment for what it is and I try not to hear too many things about that kind of stuff before I experience it, yep that leaves me disappointed quite a bit (like the awful Divergent Trilogy debacle) but I also am pretty happily surprised a lot of the time too. This book, I barely grazed the synopsis before diving in. I took someone whose star ratings I look up to and that tend to be in a similar line as mine and jumped. I have little to say about the story except that it was a story, a glimpse in time at the complicated lives of a group of people. It made me think about the craziest times in my life, especially when family gets together, and think how our own weirdness and hilarity would sound if someone were narrating it. It also made me appreciate the amazing and fortunate live i've had and enjoy the fact that my problems are not these problems (though at times my own can be much worse.) still. it was a good read. if this isnt the kind of book you “read” try listening to it because it really is a funny entertaining story. I think it was written after a Judd Apatow/the like marathon though because there is no way this book would ever NOT be made into a movie.

I do apologize to those who actually read my reviews. I write them for myself rather than others, it's a nice way to finish the story and for my to remember why I read these books. I think remembering how they made me feel is more important than the events that happened, in case I ever want to read/experience them again.