Reviewed by Whitney @ First Impressions Reviews on
The novel is a fictional account of Fin Dolen, a sad lonely man assigned to a diapers commercial over the Christmas holidays. It is long winded, and disjointed, with an ADHD attempt at witty writing. There were actually a few moments where I was reminded of a David Sedaris' panache but those were fleeting and rather reverted back to a moronic, sophomoric teenage boy sense of humor. An example being a commercial using the Old MacDonald song, a chicken saying "a cock, cock here and a cock, cock there." Thus they have a "cock problem". It's funny the first time but like all burp and fart jokes they start to stink pretty fast.
There were also fleeting mentions of an ex-fiance but they were very jagged and felt like a sub-plot the author started and then forgot to remove. In general Fin was an unlikeable character who I really could have cared less about. I can't place a finger on it but there was just something about him that rubbed me the wrong way; so much so (and excuse the pun) but I could not even make it to the "Fin" of this book.
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- 11 April, 2013: Reviewed