Dave Eggers

The author chronicles his life after the deaths of his parents, when he was responsible for the care and upbringing of his eight-year-old brother, and offers a new appendix clarifying, amending, and expanding the original work.

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

at first i thought the voice, the snark, the bluntness was hilarious. but the stream of consciousness writing was hard for me follow, i hated the characters (also didnt think they were well developed) and i was thrown by the constant use of slurs. i get it was written yrs ago but we really dont need to say the r word all the time. i dnf this bc i left it at the hospital and also bc it was insufferable 

Ellie Younger

A heartbreaking work of staggering genius

Kevin. j Mercil 

Different at times incomprehensible at times funny and glorious

Melanie Richards

I nearly put this thing down because the first twenty/thirty pages were unbearably [and rightfully so] depressing. I'm glad I stuck it out though, because Dave Eggers makes me laugh out loud like a crazy person, or resist the welling up of tears, or glance around in shame because I agree, I've felt that way, too. Awesome.

Kathryn Reyes

A blatantly honest portrait of the selfishness and pride in all of us. Funny and sad.

Kerri McDonald

This was an interesting book. I liked it, but it tried a bit too hard at times to be profound. Still a fun and insightful book.

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

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