Thumbsucker: A Novel
by Walter Kirn
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Author: Walter KirnEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1999-10-19
ISBN: 0385497091
Number of pages: 300
Publisher: Anchor
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Book Review: A big disappointment
Summary: 2 Stars
To echo some of the earlier reviews, this is a disappointingly slight novel from the author who created the captivating world of "She Needed Me". Kirn writes well, but this novel is surpisingly devoid of meaning. Vignette after vignette depict a depressingly stale Midwestern adolescence, with a broadly drawn protagonist and his vaguely drawn family. Justin Cobb has any number of adventures - his mother works at a Hazelton-like rehab clinic,where she may or may not be having an affair with a tv star in-patient, his speech coach has casual gay sex (point please?), his seldom seen grandparents appear and briefly, if unintentionally, kidnap Justin, and Justin has his first sexual experiences with a fellow Mormon convert. Some of these tales are well told, and keep the pages turning. But what's the point?I had to laugh at earlier reviews listing the novel's strength as it being a quick read. You know you're in trouble when that saves you from a bad review.
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