Monica B. (Alohna) reviewed A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius : A Memoir Based on a True Story on + 12 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
An unique and superbly-written coming-of-age story. Dave Eggers breaks new ground with his innovations which generally poke fun at the conventions and always at himself. The story IS heart-breaking, but you're chuckling too much to focus on exactly how tough the situation is. I'll never forget him or Toph, his brother. They're in my family now.
K B R. (hipposlovebooks2) reviewed A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius : A Memoir Based on a True Story on + 50 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
I don't know - I just didn't get it - maybe I will try again at a later date to read it. I read probably half before putting it down and asking myself why I was wasting my time.
Joey S. (Joey) reviewed A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius : A Memoir Based on a True Story on + 404 more book reviews
"A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius is the moving memoir of a college senior who, in the space of five weeks, loses both of his parents to cancer and inherits his seven-year-old brother. Here is an exhilarating debut that manages to be simultaneously hilarious and wildly inventive as well as a deeply heartfelt story of the love that holds a family together."
Cis H. (californiadreamin) reviewed A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius : A Memoir Based on a True Story on + 279 more book reviews
Snooze....could only get to page 60. What a waste of time. I have 343 books on my TBR list and this was not interesting, was not well-written, was not going to eat up any more of my time. Perhaps if I were a 20-something, egotistical male, I would find it 'stimulating' but alas, it is not. I wish Mr. Eggers luck in his future writings.
