Super Sad True Love Story

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User Review - OscarWilde87 - LibraryThing

Super Sad True Love Story is a dystopian novel set in the near future. The United States of America as we know it does not exist anymore as much of its society and its institutions have been taken ... Read full review

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User Review - AngelaLam - LibraryThing

If you enjoyed Brave New World and Fahrenheit 451, you'll enjoy Super Sad True Love Story. This post modern America in which smartphone addicted people are classified by their credit scores and ... Read full review

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User Review - Narshkite - LibraryThing

I usually write reviews soon after I finish a book. Sometimes within moments, sometimes the next day, but always soon after. I do that in part because as I age my memory continues to deteriorate, and ... Read full review

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User Review - pmtracy - LibraryThing

The love story takes place in a believable, near-future. Lenny, an older gentleman by the book’s standard at 39, falls deeply in love with young Eunice—who isn’t interested. She later decides to “try ... Read full review

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User Review - steller0707 - LibraryThing

A brilliant, funny satire set in the NYC of the future not too distant future. The US is governed by a Bipartisan committee that has instituted the American Restoration Authority. Our hero Lenny ... Read full review

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User Review - Firewild - LibraryThing

I really liked this book despite the unlikability of the main characters (or maybe because of it). It's neat to get into someone's head, especially if it's a head you've never been in. I wouldn't say ... Read full review

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User Review - novelcommentary - LibraryThing

In A Super Sad True Love Story, we are introduced to a barely futuristic world where Lenny Abramov writes in his diary that he plans to live forever. "The technology is almost here. As the Life Lovers ... Read full review

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User Review - TheAmpersand - LibraryThing

It took me a while to figure out, but the biggest problem that I had with Gary Shteyngart's "Absurdistan" was the way that it more-or-less disregarded all objections to the culture of global ... Read full review

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User Review - steadfastreader - LibraryThing

I thought this book was fantastic. It's also very VERY spooky - just because some of this book looks as if it is beginning now. The rise of the smart-phone. People interacting more through digital ... Read full review

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User Review - willfenton - LibraryThing

worth a read. Takes a 1984-esque future where "big brother," is the retail state and the US is up way past its eyeballs in debt to its new Chinese masters. The love story is ages old and ultimately ... Read full review