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Halfway into the book, something that might've been vaguely interesting almost happened in Wolff getting a chance to move to Paris. This American Boy's Life in Paris might've had something to care about, so I knew it wasn't happening because nothing interesting ever happens in this book. It failed to pan out and immediately switched to a pointless anecdote about Wolff's stepfather claiming to have met Lawrence Welk.
— Sep 13, 2026 04:45PM
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Nick Jones
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The titular boy just tried to commit check fraud and rip off an innocent old lady, only to be found out and run away. Then we're just on to the next vignette. No self-reflection at the time, no self-reflection from an adult perspective, just endless unrelated situations where the adolescent Wolff acts like a sociopath. Hard to believe a book about such an awful kid is also dull as dirt, but here we are.
— Sep 14, 2026 06:58PM