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Lädt ... Crossroads Road (2011)von Jeff Kay
  
Keine Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch.  Diese Rezension wurde für LibraryThing Member Giveaways geschrieben. I started this book twice and was not able to finish it either time (though I got as far as 1/3 the second time). Stories about terrible people being terrible hold very little interest for me. This is not to say I want Pollyanna characters in the stories I read: far from it. Flawed characters are great, but I draw a line at bigotry on every page. Seriously, this book is incredibly full of sexism, ablism, and racism. Yes, one character in particular is called out as being especially terrible, but our POV character is just as bad. Given that the tone of this book is anti-PC culture, I can only imagine that this was written for an audience of Fox News fans in mind. If you enjoy hatefulness and hateful people, then by all means, read this book. Otherwise, don’t waste your time. (  ) Jessiqa | Apr 20, 2019 |  Diese Rezension wurde für LibraryThing Member Giveaways geschrieben. Money makes people act strangely as demonstrated by the characters in Kay’s novel. He does a fine job of showing how self-interest is a lot easier to indulge when you have money. As one would expect, the character have shallow relationships and lack redeemable qualities. There are certain segments and phases that will intrigue the reader, but overall it leaves a lot to be desired. (  ) bemislibrary | Jul 5, 2016 | Diese Rezension wurde für LibraryThing Member Giveaways geschrieben. This was a humorous, hard-to-put-down book. The characters are memorable and the plot is new. However, the main character Jovis is hard to love. He's funny but as Ben puts it he's smug. He's Me. Know It All. Still, the book has lots of funny moments. ( ) krizia_lazaro | Feb 16, 2014 | Diese Rezension wurde für LibraryThing Member Giveaways geschrieben. An extremely humorous look a one man’s wife and her family of unique characters.His mother-in-law wins the lottery and decides to build a cul-de-sac for her family to live next to her, and give each of the $2 million dollars. Would you be willing to pick up your family and move next to your mother-in-law knowing she paid for the house? Add to the mix a collection of siblings and their spouses, each of whom has their own trait, earth child, obese beyond healthy, etc. A definite read for those want a laugh at what some people will do for money. (  ) sewolf0310 | Dec 25, 2011 | Diese Rezension wurde für LibraryThing Member Giveaways geschrieben. Great story. Premise of book is good. Very humorous. Amazing the author can convey the wackiness of the family. ( ) ddracer7040 | Nov 8, 2011 | keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
Jovis McIntire's quiet life in the suburbs is turned upside down the day his mother-in-law wins $234 million in a multi-state lottery. She quickly makes an identical offer to all her children and their families: a large, custom-built home, and two million dollars cash. But there's a catch, a nasty hook hidden inside the bait. If the deal is accepted, they will be required to live together on a newly-created cul-de-sac in southern California, for the remainder of the matriarch's life - a woman Jovis sarcastically calls Sunshine. Not a chance!And that would only be the beginning of it, he knows. The rest of his wife's family is no prize, either. Nancy the bohemian with organic, free-range armpits, Kevin the scarf-wearing intellectual, Sue the 400-pound attention junkie who throws herself down flights of stairs for sympathy… Jovis sees them all as kooks, in one way or another, and they want him to live amongst them? Not for a million bucks! Or two million, even.But his defiance begins to fade when Jovis returns to his job, and realizes he's now there by choice.Crossroads Road is the first novel by Jeff Kay, proprietor of the popular humor site The West Virginia Surf Report! It is a rollicking comedy, perfect for fans of National Lampoon's Vacation, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. An advance reader called the book "relentlessly hilarious." Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
LibraryThing-AutorJeff Kay ist ein LibraryThing-Autor, ein Autor, der seine persönliche Bibliothek in LibraryThing auflistet. Aktuelle DiskussionenKeineBeliebte Umschlagbilder
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