Comments on: “The Silver Linings Playbook” by Matthew Quick http://www.girldetective.net/?p=4950 Reading, Writing, Movies and Mothering in Minneapolis, Mostly Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:11:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: girldetective http://www.girldetective.net/?p=4950&cpage=1#comment-32394 girldetective Thu, 29 Nov 2012 00:48:51 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=4950#comment-32394 M, I loved it till the very end, and the reveal about how and why Tiffany's husband died just bugged me. The shopping trip the husband did right after their conversation struck me as grossly insensitive. Before that, though, I was tearing through it and really enjoying it, and I'm looking forward to seeing the movie. I agree that all the people around Pat (except perhaps for his dad) were winning. I really felt for his mom. And in one of those synchronicity moments you write about, I'm reading Victor LaValle's Devil in Silver. It's set in a mental ward, the main character loses time, and there's a scene where he shares a cereal box with a love interest. M, I loved it till the very end, and the reveal about how and why Tiffany’s husband died just bugged me. The shopping trip the husband did right after their conversation struck me as grossly insensitive.

Before that, though, I was tearing through it and really enjoying it, and I’m looking forward to seeing the movie. I agree that all the people around Pat (except perhaps for his dad) were winning. I really felt for his mom.

And in one of those synchronicity moments you write about, I’m reading Victor LaValle’s Devil in Silver. It’s set in a mental ward, the main character loses time, and there’s a scene where he shares a cereal box with a love interest.

]]> By: MFS http://www.girldetective.net/?p=4950&cpage=1#comment-32390 MFS Wed, 28 Nov 2012 21:51:17 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=4950#comment-32390 Read this between and during a number of appointments today. It's really a good book -- sad and sweet but not too much of either. And the good people in Pat's life are just so likable. Read this between and during a number of appointments today. It’s really a good book — sad and sweet but not too much of either. And the good people in Pat’s life are just so likable.

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