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No idea if you're the only person who hated it-- I found it a very interesting story (but can't say I was blown away by the writing quality or style), and rather eye-opening.
ETA: Hopefully that didn't come off as judgy or anything-- usually it's me who is the only person who hates something, so I was just genuinely curious!
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I'm sure there was some exaggeration, as there is in any memoir or biography, but I think the majority of it was truthful
It's not like A Million Little Pieces, which I never understood how anyone didn't notice was full of glaring medical impossibilities
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Yeah, I read that for my book club before it all came out about it being made up, and was the only one who A) hated it, and B) was confused at some of the inconsistencies and "science" in it.
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Then you have something like "What is the What" where David Eggers claims everything couldn't be verified so they are calling it a novel, but you can't help but think about how other Sudanese refugees have flat-out memoirs. Are the other memoirs wrong? Or did Eggers just have too much trouble with the form's restrictions so he decided to fictionalize the protagonist's story to make it more interesting and read better?
If you're still claiming everything is true, you shouldn't be able to classify it as fiction. I think.