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Less by Andrew Sean Greer

22 reviews

risemini's review

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emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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pey333's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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dancing_meercat's review against another edition

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There is not one thing that I liked about this book. I feel like I should like it because the main character is queer and so are a lot of the characters but I’m just bored the whole way through. There’s very little plot, I don’t like the writing style, I hate his character, I hate the way he treats other people, I hate how long the chapters are, I hate the way he’s attempted to write polyamory in the most biased, illogical and uninformed way (and that I’m now going to have to discuss polyamory at book club), there’s not one thing that I like about this book at all and I got halfway through. 

He’s going on a trip around the world and the character is not excited at all to be experiencing any of these different cultures and he keeps shitting all over the different things that he’s eating and saying that everything tastes terrible or that the museums are closed on Mondays and he’s there on a Monday, and I’m like, Why DID YOU GO ON A WORLD TRIP IF YOU DIDN’T WANT TO SEE ANY CULTURE?!? Oh, yeah, because your ex beau is getting married. I remember, the one you keep going on about every three seconds. It’s won a Pulitzer Prize and I can’t for the life of me think why. I hate everything about it.  
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yuhzers's review

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adventurous emotional funny sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

broke me in half, thanks 
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sakisreads's review against another edition

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funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

This was a recommendation from a colleague and I’m so happy to have read it 😊

Arthur Less had my heart from the start ✨ He was so awkward and so human!

I didn’t love the way this book was written; I felt like I was jumping to and from different timelines. Sometimes I appreciate that kind of writing, but this time unfortunately it did not work for me quite as much as I’d have wanted it to 🥲

Still enjoyed the book though and would recommend to anyone who’s looking no for a sweet read 🥰

3.5 stars out of 5 for me, thank you 🏳️‍🌈✨
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standardissuecat's review

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funny fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

A great read! Hilarious in an intellectual way. Recommended for those who love travel literature. I loved going into this character's world. 

Favorite quotes:

"What does one ever ask an author except: 'How?'" (pg. 8)
"Once you've actually been in love, you can't live with 'will do'; it's worse than living with yourself." (pg. 15)
"Like a bad lay, a bad musical can still do its job perfectly well." (pg. 22)
"What was it like to live with genius? Like living alone. Like living alone with a tiger." (pg. 65)
"Was this why we all threw stones at the police, for weddings?" (pg. 78)
"He kisses...like someone who has just learned a foreign language and can use only the present tense and only the second person. Only now, only you." (pg. 113)

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mostlyvoidpartiallystars's review

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adventurous lighthearted reflective relaxing slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I liked this book both more and less than I expected, somehow! I thought it would be more of an outright comedy - think Hitchhiker's Guide - but it was more lighthearted and amusing than laugh out loud funny. The tone was much more reflective than I expected. Honestly, it felt like a very gentle satirization of contemporary literature - I felt like it both had a lot of love for the genre, while also pointing out the many ways it can be elitist, privileged, and out of touch. 

And, for my recurring section: Do they bury their gays?
no. The main character does not die, and there are many other queer characters who do not die. A lot of relationships do end, some more sadly than others, but none are outright tragic, and there are interesting reflections on queer happiness and love throughout. Neither primary romance of the story ends in tragedy or death.
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ruthjenkins's review against another edition

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reflective
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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isabelmary's review

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hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

not mad that I read it but would not re-read. lots of wisdom, compassion and insight from the author. highbrow eat pray love with very little time for developing any characters beyond the main character, who sadly was not as endearing to me as the author hoped. prose is beautiful but often overdone. the whole thing ends up being very very meta and actually the final third does pull it off, but that couldn’t stop the first half from feeling like a gentle little drag. still nice to see happy books win prizes.
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buttermellow's review against another edition

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adventurous slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

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