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I have to say that all the raves I heard about this book, it did not quite live up to expectations. It's won half the awards available, for Pete's sake, but what I read was a non-overwhelming, non-heartbreaking, non-shattering, but still thoughtful and elegaic biography of one of the author's college roommates. He never seems to just say right out that his friend's THC addiction is what kept him from using his Yale degree to really get himself somewhere. A quote from another friend, Oswaldo Guti
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Excellent, thought-provoking book that I would recommend to anyone and everyone. Even though the title told me how the book would end, and in spite of his bad choices, I found myself pulling for Robert Pearce to succeed throughout the book. Hobbs did a tremendous job of putting this together, and I finished the book feeling as though I knew Rob Pearce. Tremendous book.
Jan 18, 2015
Dara S.
marked it as to-read
Sep 22, 2016
Sarah
marked it as to-read
