Coming Home Book

Perhaps 2 stars is too harsh. I give it 2.7 stars I guess.

Throughout life we stumble upon many stories which MUST be told, these, I am afraid, are not them. The writing talent is apparent, though the subject matter leaves much to be desired. I would liken it to a wonderful acting talent being cast for a horrible B movie. A project impossible to rescue. It was not all bad. As you would expect from a writer of this caliber, there were a few gem-worthy sentences to be extracted. Also, I did enjoy the stories, Dogology, Rastrow's Island, & Chicxulub. Besides these, I found the book tedious, as if you had made small talk with a stranger out of politeness but they rambled on without cease about their uneventful life story. I never like to leave a book incomplete no matter how uninteresting it is so the fact that I finished it is not indicative of its quality. As I have stated, the writing talent is apparent, I could just not escape the laborious subject matter. I have heard so much about his novels, I thought this may be a good introduction on varying levels to become acquainted with the author on an array of subjects. I was wrong. I will look into his more acclaimed works so as not to cast him entirely aside. I hope I fare well with his works in the future. Read this at your own discretion.