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Highlights of My Last Regret
Highlights of My Last Regret is a satire focusing on the lives of privileged young Americans from the West Coast.
It's primarily an account of the turbulent relationship between 24-year-old Parke (the beautiful but cruel offspring of Maine and Sadie from Exit Through The Wound) and his girlfriend Ryan (a smart, vulnerable girl from small-town America) and the effects its ups and downs have on each of their lives.
The story is written from Parke's perspective with the intention to give a jarring, uncomfortable to read, but hopefully captivating insight into a character with an unusual moral centre.
It's primarily an account of the turbulent relationship between 24-year-old Parke (the beautiful but cruel offspring of Maine and Sadie from Exit Through The Wound) and his girlfriend Ryan (a smart, vulnerable girl from small-town America) and the effects its ups and downs have on each of their lives.
The story is written from Parke's perspective with the intention to give a jarring, uncomfortable to read, but hopefully captivating insight into a character with an unusual moral centre.
- GenresGay
192 pages, Paperback
First published September 15, 2014
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July 23, 2020
Wow, My favourite out of all 3 of North's books.
Into was captivating but became a bit of a long winded failed diary, but Highlights of my Last Regret is really intriguing. You can emphasize with issues that the Characters have, and although you want to cringe at some of the stories and say, just get it f***ing over with, its something most people have experienced with relationships that are not quite right.
And the ending - wow! Typical of North that you don't see where the ending will be, but in exit it catches you by surprise and stuns you at the same time. So much so that I had to re-read the last chapter to make sure I was in the right place.
Great book and I'm really loving following North's writing.
Into was captivating but became a bit of a long winded failed diary, but Highlights of my Last Regret is really intriguing. You can emphasize with issues that the Characters have, and although you want to cringe at some of the stories and say, just get it f***ing over with, its something most people have experienced with relationships that are not quite right.
And the ending - wow! Typical of North that you don't see where the ending will be, but in exit it catches you by surprise and stuns you at the same time. So much so that I had to re-read the last chapter to make sure I was in the right place.
Great book and I'm really loving following North's writing.
February 29, 2020
Didn't hit quite as close to home as Into? for obvious reasons, but my reaction is similar: I wouldn't believe these kinds of people existed if I hadn't lived in LA for going on 13 years. And, it's worth holding this up against my own life just to see what lines up that I ought to change.
June 20, 2019
The ending shocked me and the title then all came together.
March 15, 2015
flimsy characterisation, lack of incident or drive etc. etc.
a very, very poor stab at being bret easton ellis.
a very, very poor stab at being bret easton ellis.
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