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So Say The Waiters: Episodes 1-5 (2013)

by Justin Sirois(Favorite Author)

3.85 of 5 Votes: 1

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English

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Fiction

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CreateSpace

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So Say the Waiters

review 1: It's not about restaurant-staff waiters. And if the premise of a novel about a smartphone app throws you off (as it did for me -- I don't have a smartphone and I'm not into topical fiction), just get over yourself and read this already. It's not what you think it is. The novel is more about Baltimore and its subcultures, and the way people deal with the isolation of city life. (The app is just the means by which Sirois explores these themes, and he does so very well.)I hate the phrase "couldn't put it down" but I actually couldn't put this down. I read 150 pages in one day (I'm not a fast reader). I was late for work yesterday because I woke up and immediately resumed reading. I read it on my lunch break. I am pausing before the final chapter only to write this review, and... more when Atomic opens in a couple of hours, I will use the last of my $$ to buy Book 2.You should actually stop reading this review and start reading this book.PS- Others have mentioned the typos. I'm fairly certain this book was self-published, so they don't bother me one bit. I'll happily read "forth" instead of "fourth" if it allows Justin Sirois to come out with these novels a little faster. We're big kids; we can figure it out.
review 2: There's really quite a lot to like about this - a fun contemporary plot, good pacing, much set in Baltimore. I'd probably love it if I were 25. But the one side is awfully brogrammerish (probably intentionally, to be fair) and, as much as I enjoyed the setting and a number of other aspects, the hand-to-mouth lifestyle of the flip side for me evokes a certain sadness as much as it entertains. Still, no question that I'll read the second half if it crosses my path. less

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