Title: Too much of a bad thing - too many pages and nothing to say
Product review: Consider this: if you want to read a book about a true story of losing one's parents, David Eggers will give you that and much more. The problem is the much more - lots of thoughts that just sit in there with no connection to the rest of the book whatsoever.The author undoubtedly went trough a great tragedy, losing hisparents in such short time. But this fact by itself does not make a great story. And, by the way, nothing else in this book does.Is a writer allowed to write whatever crosses his mind? Sure. But does it make good literature? I doubt. I got thefeeling that the reviewer was so sorry for the author that (s)he felt the author's "healing" through the publication of the book would be worth the extra pages. Not worth for the reader, though.By the way: nothing against well written prose and loose ends - try instead Kazuo Ishiguro "The Unconsoled". Lots and lots of loose ends, superbly written and no agression against the reader.
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