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Tom Perrotta

Autor(a) de Little Children

20+ Works 12,321 Membros 567 Reviews 38 Favorited

About the Author

Tom Perrotta is a novelist and screenwriter best known for his novels Election (1998) and Little Children (2004), both of which were made into critically acclaimed, Academy Award-nominated films. His fiction book, The Leftovers, made it to the New York Times bestseller list in 2014. (Bowker Author mostrar mais Biography) mostrar menos
Image credit: Credit: Larry D. Moore, 2007 Texas Book Festival, Austin, Texas

Obras de Tom Perrotta

Little Children (2004) 3,489 cópias
The Leftovers (2011) 2,280 cópias
The Abstinence Teacher (2007) 2,202 cópias
Election (1998) 942 cópias
Mrs. Fletcher (2017) 773 cópias
Joe College (2000) 691 cópias
The Wishbones (1997) 469 cópias
The Best American Short Stories 2012 (2012) — Editor — 359 cópias
Tracy Flick Can't Win (2022) 318 cópias
Nine Inches: Stories (2013) 305 cópias
Little Children [2006 film] (2007) — Screenwriter — 64 cópias
Me and Carlos (2020) 21 cópias
Senior Season (2011) 17 cópias
Grade My Teacher - story (2013) 10 cópias

Associated Works

The Best American Short Stories 2005 (2005) — Contribuinte — 695 cópias
The Thrill Club (1994) — Ghostwriter — 235 cópias
Lit Riffs (2004) — Contribuinte — 167 cópias
What's Your Exit? A Literary Detour Through New Jersey (2010) — Contribuinte — 9 cópias
Life As a Loser (2005) — Prefácio — 9 cópias

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i completely understand the section of people who hate open endings of this magnitude but i just eat them up every time. i LOVE and live for the gaps authors leave for me to sit around and think about what they could be filled with. i love the acceptance that i'll never know for sure. i read this after watching the show, so it was fascinating to see the changes the showrunners made from the original story and especially what they ended up leaving behind altogether (justice for jill's shaved head and the GR members at the outpost who fell in love). meg and laurie's storyline had so much life here, i got the time with jill and tom that i desperately wanted, and everyone was just so real. they're messy and fucked up and make the wrong decisions and act out in pain/anger and there aren't resolutions and they don't have time to fix mistakes and they're just dragging themselves through every day full of grief and confusion and i just love them for it!!!!!!!!!!… (mais)
 
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bisexuality | outras 183 resenhas | Mar 3, 2024 |
I mostly enjoyed this story about a middle aged single Mom dealing with her empty nest. Like other Tom Perotta books it has a dark, depressing vibe to it although ultimately it's not a super dark book even though it tackles the dark underbelly of loneliness.

It spends a lot of time exploring sexual relationships, gender, sexual fantasy and experimentation and how that differs among people of different generations. That was all interesting to me but might put off some people if they aren't expecting a lot of discussion about porn in their casual reading.

Probably closer to a 4 so really 3.5
… (mais)
 
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hmonkeyreads | outras 57 resenhas | Jan 25, 2024 |
I've had this book on the shelf for a long time and only Started to read it when I needed help to make sense of the HBO show that is based on the novel and it was excellent in that regard.

This is a slow moving book with a melancholy feel but by the end it surprised me with it's slightly upbeat and hopeful finish.

Not one that I would recommend to others because it's such an unsettling and mostly unpleasant story but in the end I'm glad I read it myself.
 
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hmonkeyreads | outras 183 resenhas | Jan 25, 2024 |
While you do not have to had read Election to enjoy this, it is basically Election but with a grown Tracy Flick, but that does not make it any less enjoyable.
 
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bookwyrmm | outras 18 resenhas | Jan 19, 2024 |

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Obras
20
Also by
7
Membros
12,321
Popularidade
#1,902
Avaliação
½ 3.5
Resenhas
567
ISBNs
180
Idiomas
14
Favorito
38

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