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11 out of 11 people found this review helpful.

small and disgusting

Date of Review:  Feb 4, 2001
The Bottom Line: If you really want your heart broken then find the author and talk to him in person, I'm sure it'd be a better experience.
Review: Compared to Kirkegaard (as on the book jacket,) Heartbreak is foolhardy at best. A long, laboring memoir powdered liberally with tongue-in-cheek-isms, elbows-to-the-ribs, smarmy winks and perpetual one-ups. For being non-fiction it is filled with...
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  1.0

by: slaughterboard
Recommended to buy: No

Pros
the Captivating and Deceptive title.
Cons
it stinks.
 
8 out of 8 people found this review helpful.

Dave Eggers: Catcher In The Rye

Date of Review:  Mar 25, 2000
Review: Simply put, Dave Eggers has accurately summarized his entire book within the title itself. Eggers' heartbreaking life story will make you stagger at his ingenius depiction of it. Yet even the title has it's own controversy. What is so unfortunate...
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  4.0

by: hartbrook
Recommended to buy: Yes

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Interesting writing style, blunt...
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Becomes tedious after awhile,...
 
42 out of 42 people found this review helpful.

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius: A Staggering Work of Heartbreaking Narcissism

Date of Review:  Aug 1, 2004
The Bottom Line: The Bottom Line thinks that Dave Eggers is a narcissist if this book is to be believed.
Review: Last summer, when I was on bedrest during my final pregnancy, three of my girlfriends got together and sent me a care package of books, magazines, and other fun things. One of the books, to my delight, was Dave Eggers' A Heartbreaking Work of...
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  2.0

by: pippadaisy
Recommended to buy: No

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There really is a good book in there...
Cons
You won't be able to find it without an...
 
32 out of 32 people found this review helpful.

Staggering to Find the Genius

Date of Review:  Aug 17, 2001
The Bottom Line: Skip the lengthy introductions and get on with the story!
Review: Let's begin at the beginning, although there's nothing heartbreaking or genius-like in the least. Dave Eggars begins this book with a lengthy preface called "Rules and Suggestions for Enjoyment of This Book". This struck me as bizarre right off the...
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  4.0

by: Writerip
Recommended to buy: Yes

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The heartbreaking part is poignant and...
Cons
I've yet to figure out where the...
 
85 out of 85 people found this review helpful.

Dave Eggers Eloquently Staggers Toward Adulthood

Date of Review:  Feb 22, 2000
Review: When I initially posted this review in February, in was located in the "Mystery and Detective" section of the book category. This has since been corrected.

First, a clarification: Regardless of what the staff at Epinions would have one...
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  4.0

by: kchowell
Recommended to buy: Yes

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Beautifully written and intelligently...
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Some of the literary devices aren't...
 
5 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

Staggering, No; Heartbreaking, Sort Of; Genius, Maybe

Date of Review:  Aug 23, 2001
The Bottom Line: Is this a spoof of memoirs? Who cares? Why label it? Read it, appreciate the talent, and don't be afraid to see a bit of yourself in it.
Review: I'm not sure why anyone would criticize this book. Yes, Dave is pretentious. Yes, he knows he's pretentious. Yes, he tells us that he knows he's pretentious. My question is, "So what?" Is it not entertaining? Can you not relate to it on some level;...
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  5.0

by: rabbittoes
Recommended to buy: Yes

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Fast, entertaining, familiar, for the...
Cons
OK, a little much in places
 
93 out of 94 people found this review helpful.

It Was Staggering: Confessions From Dave's Jealous Friend

Date of Review:  Feb 28, 2000
Review: In the spirit of Dave's book, let me say straight up front that I am shamelessly trading on my personal acquaintance with the author to do two things: 1) draw some more attention to this review, and 2) make me look cooler by association. More...
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  5.0

by: Lambira
Recommended to buy: Yes

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A brilliant, exciting book; a surprise...
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Cutesy literary devices sometimes...
 
28 out of 28 people found this review helpful.

Breathtaking! Actually, less satisfying if you breathe ...

Date of Review:  Oct 18, 2000
Review: The cover is irresistible. The red theatrical curtain rising (or perhaps falling) on a Technicolor sunset. The overblown title that must be self-referentially self-deprecating, or maybe not. And finally, irrelevantly, the little words, "Based on a...
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  5.0

by: Urbanist
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
Hilarious, honest, self-mocking,
Cons
First page lists cons in detail.
 
66 out of 66 people found this review helpful.

Over-rated masterpiece of Self-Obsession; check a library

Date of Review:  Dec 30, 2000
Review: I really wanted to like this book. I've read a lot of rave reviews on it, including the others here at Epinions, and I've had some friends read it who enjoyed it. So I checked it out at the library, and started reading it at about 5:00 AM on a...
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  2.0

by: JediKermit
Recommended to buy: No

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Good comic style, some...
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Too obsessed with himself (like all of...
 
10 out of 10 people found this review helpful.

Brilliance with a few shortcomings

Date of Review:  Apr 14, 2000
Review: I read this because, as a relatively new mother, I was interested in the story of a 20 something man put into the position of raising his adolescent brother. Sounds like a party, doesn't it? Well, you don't have to read very much of this book to...
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  4.0

by: mariahan
Recommended to buy: Yes

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writing brilliance, great insight, cool...
Cons
loses momentum in second half
 

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