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Note: There are multiple authors in the GR system with this name. This profile is for Matthew^^^Davis, author of Let Me Try Again. ...more

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Let Me Try Again

3.96 avg rating — 231 ratings — published 2024 — 4 editions
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Matthew and 3 other people liked Allie Miller's review of Let Me Try Again:
Let Me Try Again by Matthew   Davis
"Amazing for my name to be in a book and the ending is really good"
Let Me Try Again by Matthew   Davis
"Very good high IQ Freudian Jewish Trad Cath novel by Matthew Davis."
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Mao II by Don DeLillo
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Didn't hit for me. Kinda annoyed that I own a physical copy of this book now. I bet for some people it could have hit like THE COUNTERLIFE though, but not for me. Couple interesting things. Made me feel better about long blocks of narratorless dialog ...more
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The Overcoat and The Nose by Nikolai Gogol
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These are two very important stories that demonstrate great style and psychological insight but ultimately don't leave you all that different than they found you. Dead Souls was similar for me, banged like crazy and then fizzled at the end. Works lik ...more
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Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
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Sloppy banger, not as fire as THE EASTER PARADE, but has great insights into marriage and dissatisfaction with suburban corporate assimilation, perhaps feels cliched now, but not to me.

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Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
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Did I not review this before? It's great. Loved it. It's a shame he becomes Baháʼí at the end. But it's a fantastic book about what men and women can do to each other. ...more
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Laughter in the Dark by Vladimir Nabokov
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Another banger from the maestro. A brilliant work about cheating and guile, about what a woman can do to your life. Originally written in Russian, third person omniscient, he bounces around a lot between perspectives, which allows for certain dramati ...more
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