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The Man Who Couldn't Eat
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bookshelves: random-discovery, dnf-life-is-too-short-for-bad-books, list-worst-books-read-in-2011, read-in-2011, challenge-1010-by-2020, dead-tree-book
Aug 15, 2011
bookshelves: random-discovery, dnf-life-is-too-short-for-bad-books, list-worst-books-read-in-2011, read-in-2011, challenge-1010-by-2020, dead-tree-book
Ugh. The amount of self-pity Jon Reiner displays throughout this book made it nigh unreadable. When I entered the giveaway for The Man Who Couldn't Eat, it was based on descriptions of the book as unique, compelling, and a very real depiction of what it is like to have Crohn's disease, from the point of view of someone with a special relationship with food. Instead, I received a book which seems to have been written from the point of view of a man who feels he is unique in having what is actually a sadly common disease. There are references to how hard it is for others to cope with his illness, but they seem to still be in light of how it makes him feel. Overall, this is not a book about a disease, this is a book about a man wallowing in self-pity.
Disclaimer: I received an advance review copy of this book for free through the Goodreads First Reads giveaway program.
Disclaimer: I received an advance review copy of this book for free through the Goodreads First Reads giveaway program.
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Reading Progress
August 15, 2011
– Shelved
August 15, 2011
– Shelved as:
random-discovery
October 9, 2011
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Started Reading
October 10, 2011
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Finished Reading
December 21, 2011
– Shelved as:
list-worst-books-read-in-2011
August 10, 2012
– Shelved as:
read-in-2011
August 10, 2012
– Shelved as:
challenge-1010-by-2020
July 4, 2013
– Shelved as:
dead-tree-book
December 5, 2017
– Shelved as:
wnf-life-is-too-short-for-bad-books
July 17, 2020
– Shelved as:
dnf-life-is-too-short-for-bad-books
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