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Die Sache Mit Dem Glück (2014)

by Matthew Quick(Favorite Author)

3.6 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

3463400847 (ISBN13: 9783463400846)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

Kindler

review 1: OMG I love Matthew Quick. This was another darling, important piece of fiction. Quick has a formula, which some might say is a bad thing--predictable, boring. But I'd liken his work to Wes Anderson's--each time the exploration is rich, discovers new emotional terrain, and the characters are quirky and unique and endlessly interesting. Mental health is front & center--a focus that takes courage, I'd say--and each time we have not-yet-strong male characters who are struggling with their place in the world, damaged female sidekicks who are trying to survive trauma, and a safety net of wacky characters with bizarre coping mechanisms and wonky but ultimately meaningful relationships. And through each illuminating journey--hero's journeys, really--Quick leaves us chancing on hop... moree and love. The Good Luck of Right Now does all of that--lonely Bartholomew with his angry man inside, coping with the loss of his mother and the drunken arrival of Father McNamee, Elizabeth who hides behind her hair, Max with his incessant f-bombs and love of cats. It's an epistolary (one of my favorite words and types of books) to Richard Gere--a trope that sounds annoying and kind of is after a while, but then it isn't because empathy helps us understand how/why this is important.
review 2: Emotionally satisying, but intellectually weak. I breezed through this book in 3 days, I shed some tears, and I cheered for the ragtag group of misfits trying to find their places in a world built for "normal people" - but it took some suspension of disbelief. The characters were quirky to the point of self-parody, and I got a little annoyed by the narrator. He's too mentally slow to have a job or normal relationships, but he quotes Jung and Buddhist philosophy and is more insightful than the educated people - who are often selfish jerks. I was reminded of Forrest Gump, whose anti-intellectual message grated on me. This is one of those books to read on a beach or a long flight - get some emotional catharsis, cry a little, but try not to think too hard about it. less

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