Declare Of Books My Friend Leonard
| Title | : | My Friend Leonard |
| Author | : | James Frey |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 416 pages |
| Published | : | May 30th 2006 by Riverhead Books (first published 2005) |
| Categories | : | Fiction |
James Frey
Paperback | Pages: 416 pages Rating: 3.85 | 40540 Users | 1701 Reviews
Rendition In Favor Of Books My Friend Leonard
The New York Times bestselling follow-up to the #1 New York Times bestseller A Million Little Pieces-the heartrending story of a friendship between a newly-sober James and the charismatic, high-living mobster he met in rehab, Leonard.A Million Little Pieces was the first Oprah Book Club pick by a living author in over two years. It instantly became a #1 New York Times bestseller, a #1 USA Today bestseller, and a #1 Publishers Weekly bestseller, with over 1.7 million copies in print.
My Friend Leonard picks up right where Pieces leaves off. A New York Times bestseller in its own right before the Oprah pick, My Friend Leonard is James Frey's story of his friendship with Leonard, the larger-than-life mobster who "adopted" James as he left rehab. Leonard, who offers James lucrative-if illegal, mysterious, and slightly dangerous-employment when he needs it. Leonard, of the secret deals, of the surprising passions that belie his violent career choice, of fantastic generosity and ferocious loyalty. Leonard, who has been holding on to some remarkable secrets, and who has invested in their friendship more than James could ever imagine.
My Friend Leonard is, at its core, about the responsibility that comes with loving someone and going out on any number of limbs to care for them. And it is a book that proves that one of the most provocative literary voices of his generation is also one of the most emphatically human.
Be Specific About Books Toward My Friend Leonard
| Original Title: | My Friend Leonard |
| ISBN: | 1594481954 (ISBN13: 9781594481956) |
| Edition Language: | English |
Rating Of Books My Friend Leonard
Ratings: 3.85 From 40540 Users | 1701 ReviewsWrite-Up Of Books My Friend Leonard
I read A Million Little Pieces by James Frey and I liked it. I devoured it. Despite the controversy that a lot of it was made up. It was made up to make James Frey look like a hardcore badass. But really it turns out that he's just another entitled rich white kid with too much time on his hands and too much money so he does too many drugs then ends up in rehab. Then writes a best selling "memoir" that turns out to be held together by lies and covered up by the convenient death of the majority ofMy Friend Leonard features two unlikely companions, one a former junkie still mourning the death of the woman he loved, and the other a mobster whose life is like something out of a film. However, appearances can be deceiving and Leonard might be covering up something that even a guy involved in organized crime might not be able to handle. The great thing about this book is that it's so honest. The author's writing is intentionally written at first from the mindset of a man in rehab wanting his
This one was a bit much. Yes it was a good story and there were some relatable moments on the temptations of addiction and recovery from it. But this time around it seemed much more of an attempt to portray a successful life after rehab by building up larger than life characters and situations that didn't register as real. It tried too hard. For what it was though I did like the story. Who wouldn't? Who wouldn't want to hang out with a guy like Leonard and meet girls like Allison and Brooke? But
Whether this book is fact or fiction does not mean crap to me, which was exactly my stance on A Million Little Pieces. It was just a good book. James reminds me a lot of someone I know and in some ways, of myself and some of my family members. His friendship with Leonard, albeit ridiculous, was very special and the stories in this book made me laugh and cry. If you read A Million Little Pieces you already knew what Leonard's demise was, but that certainly didn't make it any less heart-breaking
My biggest misgiving is that I read this book before reading A Million Little Pieces. I think my connection with and understanding of characters would have been deeper had I read the first part. Regardless, I enjoyed this book. It was poignant, deep, emotionally coercive. The disconnected thoughts and his consciousness, that a lot of readers found troublesome, made it easier for me to connect with the protagonist. His loss was so powerful and profound. It was beautiful, in a tragic way. But I
Five stars simply for the last 30-40 pages of this book which never fails to make me cry like a baby.
Before I dive in, I'll mention that following the questions to its authenticity as a memoir, I read this book as fiction. I found this one pretty boring, I'm afraid. It's my first book by James Frey, so I'm new to his style of writing, but the punctuation and talk-style (don't know the 'official' name for it) writing quite bugs me. It started out good, I thought. With the first few chapters having a significant death, but then after that I didn't feel like anything new was added to the plot. It
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