"You're lucky if you get time to sneeze in this goddam phenomenal world." 
 read over listening to new 8tracks playlists and drinking moosehead (canadian) radler 
 This book struck me as really complex, not only because of the depth of thought it went into, but because I could have read this book 5 years ago, or I could read it 5 years from now, and I would probably notice entirely different details about it. It had this capacity to transcend decades of an individuals life experience and still find itself in a position to gain the readers attention. 
 I liked a lot of things about this book and it reminded me of the way my attention was first drawn to the movie The Royal Tenenbaums . The way the characters in this book think is so different from the way I would normally think or do things, where everything they do and say is exaggerated and overdone; it's difficult not to be indefinitely curious about how the characters will unveil themselves through dialogue. Although some parts seemed to drag along a little longer than necessary, even this is relatable, as people normally don't stop talking before other people are finished listening. 
 I also loved the attention to mundane detail in this book. It was not just about the character, it was about the way they lived, their idiosyncrasies, the actions that revealed them to the people who knew them well. I loved this, because these seem like meaningless details, but what they reveal in the comfortability these characters had with each other and the love they shared as a family who had lost part of itself. It was like a broken piece of glass that with jagged and sharp edges, was still beautiful. 
 I think what I loved most though was that these characters did not hold anything back. They were unapologetically themselves and felt every emotion they had to the fullest extent, as it came to mind, as they processed it. For the good and for the worse, no character held back what they were thinking to spare the other ones feelings. It was refreshing to read the continuous and uninterrupted thought process of each character through dialogue with one another. 
 Overall, this book was funny and brilliant. Would recommend and will most likely re-read someday.