Super Sad True Love Story

 

Title Super Sad True Love Story Author Gary Shteyngart Call Number PS3619.H79 S87 2011   Location 2nd Floor Humanities Rating Somewhat Recommended Book Review I feel like this book is two things, and I have very different opinions on each. On the one hand, it's a satiric dystopia (or a dystopian satire?) of modern American consumerism and terminal Online-ness. And that part, while it definitely made me cringe, was well-done. But on the other hand, it is - or at least tries to be - a love story, per the title, and on that count it totally failed for me. Reading this at the same time as The Human Stain just overall gave me a really icky taste in my mouth about the way both narrators/books talk about women. Submitted By Rachel Karas Department or Major Leatherby Libraries Status Staff Chapman Email karas@chapman.edu