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I wanted to like this book, but it just didn’t work for me. To vault directly to the ending, that in particular let me down. Big fat gimmick. If that was one of the main purposes for the use of the first person plural, then I felt somewhat like the victim of a shaggy dog joke.
At first, the first person plural seemed fine with me, but ultimately I think what it did was, instead of involving me as a participant, as part of the “we,” it distanced me from the book. On reflection, I think it was beca ...more
At first, the first person plural seemed fine with me, but ultimately I think what it did was, instead of involving me as a participant, as part of the “we,” it distanced me from the book. On reflection, I think it was beca ...more
Warning! For those of you who depend on Recorded Books for unabridged audiobooks, this one is abridged. It is produced by Hatchette Audio and distributed by Recorded Books. I never feel like I have fully read a book when it is abridged and it may affect my reaction to the work as a whole. However, with that caveat, I will say that I thought Ferris did an excellent job with the first person plural point of view. He conveyed that sense of operating and reacting as a unit with little individual qui
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If you've ever worked in an office, you'll love this book. The economy is crummy, so this advertising agency doesn't have much business. Thus, the employees spend more time, well, wasting time. Really funny novel.
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laugh-out-loud-funny book about people caught in downsizing of all things
also insightful about what downsizing does to people and amazingly written in 2007 before economic downturn was on us
also insightful about what downsizing does to people and amazingly written in 2007 before economic downturn was on us
Bought it for the August Constant Reader discussion.
Dec 05, 2007
Dora
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