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4.0 out of 5 stars Hats off to Frey, Jun 11 2008

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This review is from: Bright Shiny Morning (Hardcover)

I've long believed that it takes a certain amount of arrogance for a writer to do what they do. To believe that what they've written is deserving of someone reading it. Beyond the energies required to actually write the novel, I've always felt that this arrogance, this confidence, this audacity is what can separate the wheat from the chaff.

I had decided some weeks ago to read this right after devouring 'The Story of Edgar Sawtelle' by David Wroblewski, the other greatly anticipated literary début of 2008. Having done so, I'm a little saddened that I can't compare them. They're just so radically different creatures. (I'd also wanted to be awed, maybe in an attempt to bolster my own writing endeavours...but instead found myself oddly fortified, realizing that "I can do this.') Whereas 'Sawtelle' is a sprawling literary effort in a conventional sense, 'Morning' is...is...

I'm not sure. It's entertaining, it's exceedingly well-executed, it's wiseassed, it's grand in scope... But it's not for everyone. (It's also not Eggars, and it's not Foster Wallace, either)

I wasn't awed.

It wasn't as spectacular as the pre-release hype would have you believe.

However... I did enjoy it. And I did cry at one particular point.

Yes, there are stereotypes. Yes, there are over-reaching banalities. Yes, it does get to be stream-of-consciousness stuff. But it is entertaining.

More than anything else, I came away believing that there's some great stuff yet to come from Mr. Frey.

P.S. Oh, and to all of you who feel the need to whinge about the novel's lack of punctuation and formatting... God, you sound so OLD.

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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Props to Frey, but boring., Nov 19 2008

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Elexa (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bright Shiny Morning (Hardcover)

I literally rushed out to get this book as soon as I had the funds, thinking it would be just as good as his past two books, which highlighted a false version of himself that grew on me.

This is an original novel, it takes guts to write something that he wants to. But I didn't realize that the story was going to be so broken up into seperate people's stories and information about Las Angeles. I'm not from there, so I could really care less about 10 pages full of information about the freeways of L.A. The stories (about the people) are alright, but lack depth and dimension. Honestly, I want to follow a story all the way through. I don't need it to be broken up by information about a city I don't even care about.

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars I liked it, April 14 2009

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Dale Chymko "DaleIsBrilliant" (Toronto Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bright Shiny Morning (Hardcover)

I honestly love the way Mr. Frey writes, he is very good at what he does. This story was very heart warming and helped you understand stereotypes and how they effect people. I recommend it for people who have already read some of Mr.Frey's writing and can appreciate his story telling abilities.

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