I'm reading (read: listening to) Jpod right now, and it's not very good... at least the first third. I'll push through the rest after I make my judgements.
This book, like a lot of ironic would-be hipsterism is the very definition of "becoming what you lampoon". Except, well, I think the lampooning is so half-hearted that he means it to ring somewhat true to life. Maybe if, as the book progresses, he stops leaning on his cleverness and the assumed likability of the narrator, and hands us a plot worth hearing (or reading, if you're so inclined), this book will gain stars. If I have to keep hearing about the everyday almost-wittiness of "ethan" though, there's another half star on the chopping block.
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