I didn't really get that vibe from the movie.

The inner monologue Judd has with himself doesn't come through as strongly in the movie and I felt like his issues are really quite deep-seated. I found this book was much darker than the movie. I'm going to try and not compare this book too much to the movie but I want to mention one thing quickly first that relates to it. The youngest sibling is Philip, he's somewhat of a disaster and no one ever knows what he's been up to. Judd walked in on his wife with another man and finds out that she's pregnant. Wendy, the only sister is married to a workaholic and has three kids. They've been trying to have a baby without much luck. The eldest brother Paul and his wife live in the town they all grew up in and he manages their father's sporting goods store. His father's dying wish was to have his family sit shiva for a week, staying together at the family home and working through their issues. In case you haven't heard of this book or seen the movie, it follows thirty-something Judd after the death of his father and demise of his marriage. I have no regrets but I am still sticking to the bookworm's rule that the book was better. And well, here we are, book and movie both read and watched. I knew I liked the storyline of the book so I was down for the movie. Fast forward about a year later, I watched the movie and really enjoyed it. But in all honesty, I hadn't heard about the book until the movie came out and I wasn't really even planning on watching the movie at all. I know, I know, I can't believe I did it too. Well, I broke one my rules with this book: I watched the movie first.

I am back with another book review, today it is This Is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper.

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