Order from a Major Online Bookstore
Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine
Save Your Time And Money
| AnyBook4Less.com | Order from a Major Online Bookstore |
|
| Home | Store List | FAQ | Contact Us | | ||
| Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine Save Your Time And Money |
||
 |
Title: Girlfriend in a Coma by Douglas Coupland ISBN: 0-06-098732-4 Publisher: Regan Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.46 (167 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Coupland Shows Heart
Comment: Yes, it's true. No longer the cool, detached observer of our pop-obsessed times, Douglas Coupland, in Girlfriend In A Coma, has given us a passionate indictment of mindless consumerism. Along the way, he gives us some deeper characterizations than his usual glib, one-liner-spouting media-fed youth.
Of course, this is not to say that he's abandoned the "zeitgeist" altogether and written a Les Miserables. His trademark pop-referential style, as well as his humor, is in abundant supply here. It just feels like he's aiming for something deeper.
I devoured this book in about 5 hours or so, initially intrigued by the romance between Richard and Karen (a sly nod to the Carpenters?) and then propelled onward by the sense of impending doom that Coupland evokes so well among Karen's group of friends. I can understand how the apocalyptic climax might strike some as corny, silly, and even unneccessary, but I loved it.
Apparently, Coupland wrote this book during one of the worst periods of his life. Perhaps his nervous breakdown was his "Great Experience." Whatever the inspiration, Coupland shows us that no matter how dead our souls may be, hope springs eternal.
Rating: 5
Summary: This book was an insight to the thoughts that flood my mind
Comment: I have read all of Douglas Coupland's books (except Shampoo Planet) and this was my favorite Coupland book to date. I admire Coupland's style of writing simply because he has a way of portrying the thoughts and that fill many of our minds. At first the SEEMINGLY shallow and trashy plot nearly kept me from reading, but as soon as I started I could not put it down! As they say you can't judge a book by it's cover and I'm certainly glad I didn't. As a 17 year old I may view the world differently than some of you critics out there, but I stand by my ratings, this book was excellent. Through the obviously fictional apocolyptical events that unfold, Coupland questions the meaning of life and our purpose on this rapidly desensitizing planet. I thoroughly enjoyed and I advise anyone else out there who questions their own exsistance to read this novel!
Rating: 5
Summary: Fantastic portrayal of boredom in suburbia
Comment: Having grown up in the exact neighbourhood where Coupland sets most of his works, I enjoyed the minute details of this book. Life in the bedroom community of West Vancouver is about as he portrays it. Having this apocalypse set in my own backyard, all of the descriptive tools Coupland use paint a fantastic image of life in a sleepy eutopia.
Struggling to be simply ANYthing is possibly what seperates my Generation-X-ers from most other demographic groups. The relaxed prose of this novel is far more personally gripping then the usual 'hit you over the head with pointless detail' styles you find in far too many contemporary novels. While many find the climax of the story a bit too watered-down, I find that it is an effective tool for describing the feelings of the characters...what IF the world simply ended with a yawn? No big fireworks, no big Michael Bay-style destruction...just simply ended like the batteries running out.
Coupland is apparently not for everyone, but then again who is? Coupland perfectly portrays the generation he represents, and makes no apologies for it. Read this book, read it several times.
 |
Title: All Families are Psychotic : A Novel by Douglas Coupland ISBN: 1582342156 Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Pub. Date: 07 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
 |
Title: Miss Wyoming by Douglas Coupland ISBN: 0375707239 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 09 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
 |
Title: Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture by Douglas Coupland ISBN: 031205436X Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: October, 1992 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
 |
Title: Microserfs by Douglas Coupland ISBN: 0060987049 Publisher: Regan Books Pub. Date: 19 June, 1996 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
 |
Title: Polaroids from the Dead by Douglas Coupland ISBN: 0060987219 Publisher: Regan Books Pub. Date: 29 October, 1997 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
Thank you for visiting www.AnyBook4Less.com and enjoy your savings!
Copyright� 2001-2021 Send your comments
