Rodney RothmanRecensioni

i probably should've have forked over another star for this book because it was, maybe, "ok/" BUT when you have testimonials from Jon Stewart, Greg Behrendt, Nick Hornby, Dave Eggers, AND Sarah Vowell on the back of your book...well then, "ok" kinda seems like a one-star situation.

3/20/10: reread--still laugh out loud hilarious!

It was written in a humorous vein, and thus kept my attention. Although there are 16 book club discussion questions, I didn't find anything profound enough to note down here.

He spent perhaps 6 months in a retirement community in Florida at age 28. I felt betrayed as I gradually came to realize that he did it just to write a book about it.

I was also unimpressed by the author's disregard for morality. I did finish reading it. It was an easy read, and this was another attempt to experience a book club. Unfortunately, it was a book club in name only with activity only every 6 months, and totally different participants every time. It was a company sponsored club and participants were rotated by the organizers, so I only got to attend once.

I liked it so little that I got rid of the copy I was given.

En un universo paralelo donde Peter Parker ha muerto, un joven de secundaria llamado Miles Morales es el nuevo Spider-Man. Sin embargo, cuando el líder mafioso Wilson Fisk (a.k.a Kingpin) construye el "Super Colisionador" trae a una versión alternativa de Peter Parker que tratará de enseñarle a Miles como ser un mejor Spider-Man. Pero no será el único Spider Man en entrar a este universo, 4 versiones alternas de Spidey aparecerán y buscarán regresar a su universo antes de que toda la realidad colapse.

This was a load of fun and it sounded like the voice actors had a blast. Kingpin develops a gizmo to bring his dead wife and child back with the help of a female Doc Ock. In this world Spider-man is dead but Miles Morales is bitten and he has to decide if he is willing to take up the mantle. At the same time there are several other spider-people from other times and dimensions all trying to get back to their own places but first they have to save the world from Kingpin and Doc Ock.

There are too many Spider-Men.

4/4 (Great).

I don't love it as much as other people seem to, but I can see why they do. It's something completely new, in a way that only happens (in a fun movie) two or three times in a decade.½

This book starts off with a 28 year old Rothman losing his job as a television comedy writer and deciding to "retire early" to a senior community in Florida. The premise reads like the plot of a dumb sitcom and the cornball style of writing in the early going of this book almost made me put it down. Somewhere along the way the book changes its tone. First, Ro thman finds himself unable to leave after the joke has played out and second he begins to see the humanity of the elderly people living in retirement in South Florida and even makes some friends. He also makes some wry observations of the cliques and petty gossip in the community that should disabuse anyone of escaping these things with the wisdom of old age. Overall, its enjoyable book with some funny bits and some insightful bits that makes it just good enough to barely overcomes its weak start.½

Kind of a fun book. Lots of meaning for those of us who live in a retirement community. It reminds one of retired people shown in TV shows like: The Odd Couple and Seinfeld. Caricatured people, but pleasantly done. I read this book over and over.. at least the first part.. but I don't know if I'll ever finish it. Even though I like it, it loses me.. surely some fellow senior citizens can't be so rude.. or so dumb!

This was an interesting insight into the world of retirement and elderly people. Rothman spends more than six months in a retirement community to get a feel for what retirement is like. The book made me feel empathetic towards the elderly, allowing me to glimpse life from a new perspective. I liked getting to know the cliques within the community as well as the individuals who formed the cliques. Rothman's writing style is casual, allowing for a personal account of the time spent in the retirement community. It was an unexpectedly good read.