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I don't understand all the hype for this book. Yes, it's kind of like Forrest Gump on a road trip (which sounded promising) but it is really badly written and tediously tenuous the further you read through it. I finished it purely because i'm bloody-minded and was hoping that after 396 pages there would be some heart-warming, earth-shattering, mind-altering point to the whole shitcart. Not so. I've given it 3 stars because 2 and 1 stars are, for me, for truly awful books, and this did have some
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This book was OK to read. It started off pretty good but I didn't care for the flippant style of writing which is supposed to be humorous. The story goes from the present time to flashbacks into the history of the 100 year old man's life. That part was so ridiculous I had to skip all the flashbacks and continue with just the present story or I would never have finished it at all. And I was disappointed with that.
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Ik snap werkelijk niet dat sommige van het begin tot het einde van dit boek hebben gelachen. Ik vond de humor ver te zoeken, ik vond bepaalde stukken wel grappig, maar echt helemaal dubbel liggen van het lachen nee... Vond het boek soms ook een beetje langdradig, je leest namelijk dat Allan uit zijn raam verdwijnt en stukken geschiedenis over zijn jeugd. Je moet dit boek ook niet al te serieus nemen, echt met een korreltje zout, dan is het een perfect boek.
Aug 24, 2014
Melissa Wiebe
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Jul 11, 2015
Scott Flicker
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Jan 09, 2017
Kelly
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Aug 25, 2019
Lynn
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