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Ron Currie, Jr.

Auteur van Everything Matters!

5+ Werken 1,308 Leden 77 Besprekingen Favoriet van 3 leden

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Fotografie: Ron Currie Jr., 2009 By Dtn620 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10540054

Werken van Ron Currie, Jr.

Everything Matters! (2009) 656 exemplaren
God Is Dead (2007) 426 exemplaren
Flimsy Little Plastic Miracles (2013) 161 exemplaren
The One-Eyed Man (2017) 64 exemplaren

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Gangbare naam
Currie, Ron, Jr.
Geboortedatum
1975
Geslacht
male
Nationaliteit
USA
Woonplaatsen
Waterville, Maine, USA
Prijzen en onderscheidingen
Addison M. Metcalf Award (2009)

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I feel like the author is trying to say something really meaningful here about living life to its fullest and resigning yourself to your fate rather than moaning about the shitty hand life has dealt you or whatever. But it all falls apart when he introduces time travel, nonsensical conspiracy theory, terrorist plots, an unhealthy obsession with baseball, and all sorts of totally groan-worthy nonsensical plot twists. Every character in the book is not just talented and amazing, they are THE MOST TALENTED AND AMAZING PEOPLE in their given field. The brother is the most amazing baseball player, the main character is the smartest person, the dad is just an all around great guy (who has anger issues, but it only shows up when he's mad at someone we root for him to beat up). Every character has to have some extreme trauma in their past. The writing blurs the line between engaging and self-indulgent mess, and ultimately falls hard into the latter category. Seriously, at the halfway mark this book falls apart to such an extreme degree that it's like the author suddenly had a stroke or something. What a massive pile of garbage this book ends up being.… (meer)
 
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twharring | 35 andere besprekingen | Aug 29, 2021 |
Adult fiction. I was afraid that this book would turn out to be too preachy, or too philosophical, but it's neither. It is, however, profound and v. engrossing.
 
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reader1009 | 35 andere besprekingen | Jul 3, 2021 |
I liked what was basically being attempted here - slowly unveiling a radically changed world through the experiences of individual lives - but the poorly judged and racist tone of the first story ruined the experience of the rest of the book.
 
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captainsunbeam | 17 andere besprekingen | Apr 5, 2021 |
I was trying to remember where I heard about this book because it is out of my usual realm....This is like a modern-day Hemingway: lots of fighting, booze, machismo, low opinion of women. Ugh. Supposedly there is a great love story here but it isn't one I'd want to be part of. Intelligent writing and some fascinating thoughts on technology, but as an audio book the crass content was getting to me and I ditched before I was halfway.
 
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CarrieWuj | 18 andere besprekingen | Oct 24, 2020 |

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Werken
5
Ook door
3
Leden
1,308
Populariteit
#19,627
Waardering
½ 3.7
Besprekingen
77
ISBNs
40
Talen
6
Favoriet
3

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