Really enjoyed this one! I found myself laughing out loud at the inappropriateness of it all and just truly appreciate the author's ability to tap in the rawest forms of emotion and pin point those moments where our minds are unfocused at inappropriate times because sometimes it's just the only way we can deal. I mean really, when you can't scream at your dead wife, why not try to destroy the rabbits in the front yard?!?!? Loved it!

Laugh-out-loud funny in many passages. Also seriously sad in others. I enjoyed reading a novel from the "guy's perspective" for a change. Struck me as being similar to Nick Hornby (Hi Fidelity, About a Boy) in style. So, if you enjoy Hornby's work, you'd probably be happy with Tropper's work.

Warning: lots of fairly graphic sex, so if that's going to disturb you...look elsewhere.

Meh. Not bad, not awesome.

At age 29, Doug is widowed when his wife dies in a fiery plane crash leaving him a 14-year old stepson and a host of other supporting characters that are each stars in their own right. I love the way Tropper writes and thinks. It's funny, real and true all at once.This is Tropper's 4th book and is every bit as good as his 5th (and still my personal favorite) This Is Where I Leave You.

Read a third and couldn't stand any more. Insufferably boring.

I can't read a Tropper book without wanting to underline some of his amazing and close hitting quotes. Beautiful prose, some outlandish situations, but the character development and relationships are what I'm reading for-- well done as always.

This is the story of Doug Parker, a 29-year-old “average guy,” whose wife died a year ago. He is still very much in the midst of the myriad of emotions involved with dealing with the loss of a loved one, so much so that he's turned into a self-pitying, wise-cracking drunk who is not trying really hard to get out of his funk. With the help of his foul-mouthed twin, Claire (who gives in-your-face advice while her own life is not quite up to snuff), Doug eventually makes his way back into the land of the living. Tropper manages to realistically describe the emotions of a widowed, almost thirty-something man with grace and humor.

I have a serious crush on Jonathan Tropper's writing. His characters are so real and funny that I want to be friends with all of them. He manages to make me cry and laugh in the same paragraph. Witty but poignant this book is about family and moving on after the devastating loss of a loved one. While there are similarities between this book and This Is Where I Leave You I think you take away a very different feeling from each of them.

All of my Jonathan Tropper book reviews are basically the same: The characters are terrible people and I still end up caring about them, and laughing and crying, anyway.