Smashed by Koren Zailckas

I finished this last week.

It was quite different than I thought it would be.

It wasn't melodramatic

or tragic

or over the top.

It was sad and real

and recognizable.

I enjoyed it and would recommend it

but I'm not sure exactly who I'd recommend it to

which is strange for me.

I gave it to fella to read.

Perhaps he'll be more coherent in his assessment than I am.....

Now I'm starting on this:

I don't read a lot of "classics"

so it will be an interesting departure for me.

I have read some Dickens (namely, Nicholas Nickleby, which I adore)

but not a lot

and not recently

so we'll see how it goes.

I'm reading it in preparation for this:

My friend recommended it and I thought I should read the story it's based on

before reading it.

So here I go.