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Summary: Not Nearly So Good As I Had Hoped
Review: After reading "Generation X' and "Shampoo Planet" I was somewhat dissappointed by this effort. The angst of the central character as a tortured father separated from a child is understandable but maudlin at times. There is something of Coupland's earlier style in the book. The childhood reminiscence of the central character recalls the author's work in "Generation X" and was much appreciated. The book on the whole is not the pleasure to read that his two previous works were.
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Summary: Easy, Breezy, Lite Philosophy
Review: Everyone under thirty ought to read at least one book by Douglas Coupland, and since most are essentially the same insight repackaged some other way, why not this extended pamphlet? It's convoluted, going from one situation to the next and sometimes coming back to an earlier point, other times the story line just drifts off. The author makes it evident that his point has more to do with the theses presented than wrapping up any tedious plot. Maybe his next book should point out that the generation he targets often misses the point of art, as this is one of his books where he presents illistrations accompanied by text (Dave Eggers owes Coupland a nickel per royalty for drawing a stapler in the intro to his _Staggering Genius_), text I might add that could stand alone without the pictures, but then the book would be roughly the size of _Who Moved My Cheese?_.
High recommendation for the insight, mild recommendation for the pictures, a point off for lack of closure.
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Summary: Can we love without God?
Review: This remains my favorite of Doug Coupland's works. In this series of unrelated, although not necessarily disjointed, short stories, Coupland notes the unresolved existence of my generation. Namely, what is it about today's generations that separates us from our parents and grandparents.As the stories unfold, Coupland comes to the realization that our generation is the first where God and Church played no visible public role in our lives. As a result he cannot help but wonder whether this has affected our generation's capacity to love, or to find meaning that goes deeper than materialism. Therefore, at its essence, this book raises some troubling questions about the meaning of life and love.
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Summary: Life Changing
Review: It's hard to be born after 1960 and not be touched by this book. I read this book shortly after moving to Vancouver, where this book is based, and it spoke to me like whispers into my own life.
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Summary: ONE OF MY FAVORITE COUPLAND BOOKS
Review: Much in a similar format to Vonnegut's 'Breakfast of Champions' Coupland writes of the "Godless" generation. Coping without the luxury of automatic hope. Terrific, clever and you won't want to put it down. :) Illustrations make you want to write your own journal of personal experience. ENJOY!
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Summary: An existential experience!
Review: Coupland never ceases to amaze me. It has been said that he is a modern day Salinger, and after reading this title, I can't agree more. His quirky observations, his ever-relative comparisons, and his thought provoking moments of genius--all these add up to make him in my opinion the greatest author of our time. My favorite part of this book is the fairy tale that the main characters sister is constantly having he and his brother act out. Pure genius! It will change your life. If you get a chance, you should visit the authors website and listen to real audio clips of him reading from this book. "Sometimes I think this is the only thing I should be thinking about."
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Summary: Proven Wrong Once Again
Review: I am a person of strong moral upbringing, and upon stumbling across this book, my first intention was that it would be just another book to unteach religion. But I soon discovered that this "life" that is being discussed is precisely how the world exists. Coupland hasn't merely written blatent observations about spirituality, or even about morals or living, but about rather philosophical views of life. If one was to take the time to read and ponder the views of the author, he/she might be able to connect with that inner belief. What Coupland is trying to portray is not so much that there is a God, but that we need a God.
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Summary: Typical Coupland
Review: Life after God is a collection of short stories told in the famliar Coupland manner. As I've felt with his previous work, his work is more about expressing the feelings of the collective unconscious of his generation than actually telling a story, at least as he sees it. That's why he is probably better suited to short fiction than novels. Not for everyone, but that's Coupland for you.
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Summary: What a fantastic book
Review: This book, like most by Douglas Coupland, is a fast-paced, easy read. The book that I read was very compact (more wallet-sized than like a book) and hard-back, so its small pages passed by in a flash of wonder and amazement. In a collection of six poignant short stories filled with colorful and full characters, Coupland addresses issues that affects us all: bravely looking at death, change, the passage of life; wondering who you are or waking up to suddenly realize that you don't know where you're going, or that you don't like who you are. Despite the atheistic title, the characters all are in search of God, and toward the end one of his characters admits that he "needs" God, but can't seem to allow that secret to come out. But how can we find any reality in the world of fast-moving cars, of freedom of movement and blindingly fast change, of religious fanatics, televangelists, a world tempered by drugs and a search for meaning, any meaning? Coupland's answer comes out in the beauty of nature and the wonder of our relationships with the people around us. Although his characters can't relate to the Jesus-lovers of organized religion, they are all reaching out for something bigger than themselves, something that "the first Generation raised without Religion" has a difficulty grasping. I have long felt that Douglas Coupland and his insights are perhaps the closest that popular culture gets to Truth spelled out on paper. This book has all the profundity and all the questions of his preceding books, in a very unassuming and readable manner. Pick it up: you'll read it in a single afternoon.
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Summary: My dearest, favourite book
Review: Generation X was good, Life after God is even better. I read it in the shortest time possible and at some times it made me feel feverish, because sometimes IT'S SO ME!!! The end and certain parts in the middle touched me deeply and made me cry. Reading it is coming of age in a good way. Read it and if you like it, send it to your loved one. This experience really deserves to be shared with a special person in your life.
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