Abby's review
Sellevision: A Novel
by Augusten Burroughs
Abby's review
Sellevision: A Novel by Augusten Burroughs
Abby's review
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When I read this book a few years ago, I remember loving it. I thought it was clever, biting, and witty. I even went as far as to compare it to Tom Perrotta.
Ah, how my tastes have evolved. It is very Tom-Perrotta-like--a diet Tom Perrotta which uses Sweet and Low instead of Splenda. Leaves you with a bad aftertaste and it's nothing close to the real thing.
It's a clever concept in theory--a bunch of people who work in a Home Shopping Network atmosphere, and the complications within it. A few of the stories were interesting to begin with but the characters fell flat. They never expanded beyond a one-dimension. And the stories were either predictable or too far-fetched. I skimmed the last few chapters and left the last ten pages or so unread, partially because I remember how the stories end and partially because I had no interest to see if there was a suppressed surprise somewhere.
Ah, how my tastes have evolved. It is very Tom-Perrotta-like--a diet Tom Perrotta which uses Sweet and Low instead of Splenda. Leaves you with a bad aftertaste and it's nothing close to the real thing.
It's a clever concept in theory--a bunch of people who work in a Home Shopping Network atmosphere, and the complications within it. A few of the stories were interesting to begin with but the characters fell flat. They never expanded beyond a one-dimension. And the stories were either predictable or too far-fetched. I skimmed the last few chapters and left the last ten pages or so unread, partially because I remember how the stories end and partially because I had no interest to see if there was a suppressed surprise somewhere.
