Dave Eggers - A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

Review: Yes. I like this book. Yes. This is going to be ANOTHER review of this trendy little book that declares it phenomenal.

Don't blame me. It's not my fault. I couldn't help it.

What were my chances, really, given the style of this...

Review: New York writers cringed with fear and envy when they learned that Dave Eggers had signed a 1.4 million dollar deal for the paperback rights to "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius." Granted, Eggers will see only a fraction of the amount after...

Review: Copernicus was wrong: Earth and all the planets actually, as it turns out, revolve around Dave Eggers.

Now, let me warn you, this review is far longer than most of mine, so if you want to just skip ahead to about mid-way, that's when I get...

The Bottom Line: This is the autobiography of a 25 year old white male who knows everything and is superior to everyone.

Review: The autobiography of a sort of racist, middle-class, fairly typical white 25 year-old male. Shall I go on?

Supposedly, this book is the saga of a 21 year-old young man who becomes the guardian and primary caregiver for his seven year-old...

The Bottom Line: This book will grab you at the beginning; it won't hold you.

Review: I was blown away as I began reading David Eggers' book, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. Having been through the experience of death and grief, I found Eggers' writing rang so true, both in its offbeat humor, its feeling of resignation,...

The Bottom Line: If I knew what I was getting into, I would read it again. Good book, the good outweighs the undesirable.

Review: I was caught on the third page when he had his rules and suggestions for reading the book. I felt like I knew him. The way he portrayed the death of his parents I liked well, he showed you what he was thinking, and it was very real. For instance,...

The Bottom Line: Score one for postmodern ego-stroking, Eggers crafts an modern experimental masterpiece. One just hopes legions of less-staggeringly-talented writers don't begin to emulate.

Review: Postmodernism has often been criticized for turning literature into unnecessarily pretentious, emotionless crap, and perhaps its critics have a point; it often seems as if genuine emotional expression has gone the way of iambic pentameter. However,...

Review: I had a wonderful time reading this book. Funny thing was, I could never figure out why.
This is a memoir, such a self-conscious one that it avoids many of the traditional formulas of memoir, but it is a memoir nonetheless. The author, Dave...

Review: I can't write this. It's not going to come out right.

I put the book down not even fifteen minutes ago and I'm still sorting through it in my head, going over and over everything and what beautiful, mindful chaos that man can make-

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The Bottom Line: It's definitely a must-read for all people in their twenties. Eggers embodies the spirit of our generation.

Review: This was definitely a challenging book. At times I felt like I was reading my own life recorded by someone else. The thoughts that the main character (the author) was having were often the same as the ones that I experienced in similar situations...