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A review by leahtylerthewriter
Cherry by Nico Walker
3.0
"The problem with Emily and me was we were killing one another. Apart we probably could have managed but the two of us together was a form of suicide. It took teamwork to get your life fucked up so bad."
"Cherry" is Nico Walker's autobiography thinly disguised as fiction. The best description I can give is if Hunter S. Thompson and Hemingway had a Millennial baby, this would be it. It's a drug-fueled frenzy. It's a frank depiction of Army deployment in Iraq. It's a love story about two drug addicts who would rather get high than screw. It's about a privileged white kid who turns into a bank robber to support his habit. It's about people who just don't really care abut life. It's a trip...says my younger self, thinking back to when these kinds of glimpses into a life I hadn't lived were daring and exciting to learn about. As an adult, it kinda just reminded me of my teenage angst. Sardonically funny at times, it was also painful and sad.
I did enjoy Walker's writing style. It was natural and easy, like sitting down and having a conversation with him. He is startlingly honest, which is a refreshing characteristic I respect. But ultimately not much happens, interesting or otherwise, and the ending dragggggged.
This is my book club's pick and it will certainly be an interesting discussion, which is all one can ask for from book club.
"Cherry" is Nico Walker's autobiography thinly disguised as fiction. The best description I can give is if Hunter S. Thompson and Hemingway had a Millennial baby, this would be it. It's a drug-fueled frenzy. It's a frank depiction of Army deployment in Iraq. It's a love story about two drug addicts who would rather get high than screw. It's about a privileged white kid who turns into a bank robber to support his habit. It's about people who just don't really care abut life. It's a trip...says my younger self, thinking back to when these kinds of glimpses into a life I hadn't lived were daring and exciting to learn about. As an adult, it kinda just reminded me of my teenage angst. Sardonically funny at times, it was also painful and sad.
I did enjoy Walker's writing style. It was natural and easy, like sitting down and having a conversation with him. He is startlingly honest, which is a refreshing characteristic I respect. But ultimately not much happens, interesting or otherwise, and the ending dragggggged.
This is my book club's pick and it will certainly be an interesting discussion, which is all one can ask for from book club.