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Summary: Wow--a staggering disappointment.
Review: I'll be brief--I have loved almost everything Coupland has ever written. The earlier novels, the short stories in _Life After God_, the magazine articles I am lucky enough to track down, and of course _Generation X_ (a book I must have worked, somehow, into almost every undergrad English paper I wrote). _Girlfriend..._ literally saddened me as I read it. No great Coupland characters to latch onto, a disturbing shortage of the memorable phrasing and epigrams that made him such a delight to read, and (most distressing) a cop-out, lame ending--I have always defended Coupland to skeptics by saying that if nothing else, the man can construct beautiful conclusions--always moving and poetic. I finished this novel out of loyalty to Coupland and hope for better next time--the only value of the book for me now is as an example of "spot The Smiths lyrics Coupland's inserted into the text." That was sort of fun, I suppose...sigh...
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Summary: Unoriginal, preachy and uninspiring
Review: I feel compelled to warn the world. I loved Coupland's novels Generation X and Shampoo Planet. I thought he had dropped off the face of the Earth until I saw Girlfriend In a Coma at the library. Pleased, I scooped it up immediately.I enjoyed the story, and Coupland's frank, open-eyed approach to it, from the beginning.I was a bit disappointed, however, when he bumped off the entire world through a mysterious illness (Didn't I read this in The Stand, by Stephen King?). Throw in a ghost and a couple of charming miracles, and I guess you can call it a novel. With its Jimmy Stewart ending, I suppose Coupland feels he's explaining to the rest of us who all those crazy shouting street people are. Wow. Color me impressed. It was too simple. Too tidy for my tastes. Sorry Mr. Coupland, it pains me to write it, but you must do better next time if you want to succeed in this go-go, making the deadlines, machine-like kind of world.
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Summary: Better and Better
Review: This man is the greatest writer of contemporary fiction today!(well, tom wolfe and brett easton ellis are pretty good to!) I felt enlightend and happy after completion right up there with microserfs
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Summary: i have been changed forever. (that's good!)
Review: Girlfriend in a Coma is startling yet inspirational. after reading it, i suddenly feel as if i KNOW the meaning of life. and now i must tell the world...
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Summary: Who cares about plausible when it's described so vividly?
Review: Another great work of fiction by the Canadian writer, "Girlfriend in a Coma" breaks the boundaries of not only consciousness and time, but also of reality, death, and the end of creation. Coupland's mastery of the pen is evident as he paints the first run through of Armageddon, and these old high-school chums turned alcoholic, heroin addicts, and healer are the only who are spared.
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Summary: Like Eating a Mars Bar with the Wrapper on
Review: In short, a thorougly disappointing read. Can do better Douglas, especially for one so keen to point out the mercantile nature of society. What happened to your ideals man?
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Summary: Sounds familiar? Wake up call for many of us.
Review: This is an easy reading book. However, its content is very interesting. It gives us the chance to wonder how are we doing things, how we are about to become. Do we really care? Or we only care about ourselves. Watch out, this book gives you the chance to consider how you're doing things. Great book, deep insight.
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Summary: Thought provoking, intense, and inwardly frightening!
Review: I have been a Douglas Coupland fan since he published Generation X. His writing is clearly among my favorites. This book was alarming in a intropesctive kind of way - forcing me to delve into the characters as I examined my own existence and life purpose. The ending fizzled a little, and I am curious as to how things are expected to revert back to "normal" after what the group has experienced. My favorite Coupland novel is still Shampoo Planet, for I was able to connect better with Tyler and his experiences. However, Richard, Karen, Linus, Pam, Hamilton, Wendy, and Megan were intriguing characters. They embody a spirit that I feel is within each of us - though we may fail ro recognize just that.
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Summary: scared the bejesus outta me
Review: Being thirty something and having lived in North Vancouver this book really scared the bejesus out of me and thats why I give it 4 stars. I guess I can identify a little bit with everyone in the book. Otherwise I'd give it a three as Coupland's preaching for meaning in a post-modern world is a little bit too evident from the outset of the book. Enjoyable, but not in my "best list".
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Summary: Good idea, pity about the finish.
Review: The first two-thirds of this book are an interesting take on relationships and growing up (and apart), then, as the book should be working towards its climax (when the girl awakes from her coma), it all suddenly starts to go downhill, like the ski slopes alluded to throughout the book. The final third of the book descends into a second-rate and positively idiotic Stephen King-type end-of-the-world pastiche, with much introspection and contemplation of navels. (And King does this a lot better, being a pro fantasy/horror writer.) At times it reads like the last part of a different novel altogether! I interpret this last third to mean "What is the point?", which could pretty well sum up the book as a whole. I think I'll give my copy to a jumble sale.
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