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"Couch hits on an improbable, even fantastic premise, and then rigorously hews to the logic that it generates, keeping it afloat (at times literally) to the end."â€"Los Angeles Times "Delightfully lighthearted writing. . . . Occasionally laugh-out-loud funny, the enthusiastic prose carries readers through sporadic dark moments . . . Parzybok’s quirky humor recalls the flaws and successes of early Douglas Adams."â€"Publishers Weekly "The book succeeds as a conceptual art piece, a literary travelogue, and a fantastical quest."
â€"Willamette Week "Hundreds of writers have slavishly imitatedâ€"or outright ripped offâ€"Tolkien in ways that connoisseurs of other genres would consider shameless. What Parzybok has done here in adapting the same old song to a world more familiar to the reader is to revive the genre and make it relevant again"
â€"The Stranger A Spring Summer Indie Next Reading List Pick: Top 10 Reading Group Suggestions
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| 6 of 6 people found the following review helpful  My whole year got better when I read this book., By This review is from: Couch (Paperback) Not only is this a stylistically fabulous book, it is also by turns hilarious, poignant, tender and energizing. It's a classic hero-quest novel -- and it's an edgy, modern take on magic realism. Its hero is a stereotypical geek -- who sports complexity and hidden depths, and who does some actual and believable growth through the course of the novel. The plot is compelling (I read it in a day because I couldn't stand to stop), the characters are delightful, the writing style is addictive, and beyond all that, the book has something to say that you'll want to hear -- about life, about love, about cooking and couches and camping. Yes, it's a book that any computer geek worth his or her salt will enjoy, but it's also a book for your father, your best friend, your teacher, your daughter. I recommend you buy 10 copies and just hand 'em out. 6 of 6 people found the following review helpful Very entertaining, By Abulia (Pittsburgh) - See all my reviews This review is from: Couch (Paperback) I really enjoyed this book. I'm the type of reader who will either be immediately attached to a book upon the first few pages, or immediately repelled. Thankfully, "Couch" was definitely in the former category."Couch" is about three roommates who move their couch after their apartment is flooded. While carrying their couch, they notice that, strangely, the couch either grows lighter or heavier depending on which way they carry it. Soon after this discovery, weirder and weirder things begin to happen... This is an AMAZINGLY funny book. I swear, I scared my neighbors several times by cracking up in the middle of the night while reading the book. The three main characters, Thom, Tree, and Erik, are by far extremely original, sympathetic, and hilarious. The plot is original, the writing is excellently done, and it is extremely easy to enjoy. I can't understand why there aren't more reviews on here. This book is worth it. Seriously. Give it a try, at least. If you like comedy, fantasy, magical realism, or just a stories about extremely durable furniture, this is the book for you. (Read it. It's worth your time.) 8 of 9 people found the following review helpful Somewhere between Clueless and Heart of Darkness, By This review is from: Couch (Paperback) In Parzybok's first work, he introduces characters whose internal struggles are delightfully complex. Honing in on three youthful samples of angsty internal struggle, he raises the stakes one notch at a time as the impossible, the supernatural, and the miraculous drop layers over a twisted slacker scenario. The characters' quest, their struggles to believe, and their resulting commitment to a life-threatening, though life-affirming, adventure comes across as believable and intensely suspenseful as the novel-turned-travelogue paints scenes of otherworldly natural splendor and makes frightening but insightful forays into historical spiritualism. In the end I am left with one handful of early Stephen King and another of seminal Douglas Coupland. (Raising the slacker flag high in the name of eerie ancient symbolic stuff) |
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