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Book Reviews of Drop City

Drop City
Drop City
Author: T. C. Boyle
ISBN-13: 9780670031726
ISBN-10: 0670031720
Publication Date: 2/24/2003
Pages: 464
Rating:
  • Currently 2.9/5 Stars.
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2.9 stars, based on 15 ratings
Publisher: Viking Adult
Book Type: Hardcover
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8 Book Reviews submitted by our Members...sorted by voted most helpful

tish avatar reviewed Drop City on + 384 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
if you were alive in the hippie days, you will get a laugh and possible flashbacks from this witty book. it grew long in places but is a very good read
reviewed Drop City on + 3 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
T. C. Boyle has an intelligent and descriptive writing style and he is a celebrated, award-winning author. Much can be expected of a novel whose author holds these credentials. Drop City one of the best books I've read this year. I liked his narratives and his subject matter. I laughed and smiled the entire way through the book. Parts of the book are hilarious and some are just amusing, but it all adds up to a fun read. Plus, I learned some new words because the language is so complex! I recommend this book to readers who are tired of commercial fiction and love a good literary read.
shanna71 avatar reviewed Drop City on + 145 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Drop City , so cool. A commune of hippies , set in the 1960's moves from California to Alaska to "live off the land". An odd bunch of misfits, told only by such a story teller as T.C. Boyle. A book I really won't forget reading. Couldn't put it down. However, it is a long book.
Eagle1 avatar reviewed Drop City on
Helpful Score: 1
This is only the second T.C. Boyle book that I've read, but both were incredibly fine reads. At first I was put off by some of his creepy characters and sleazy situations, but his fiction comes off as purely authentic and is engrossing.

Drop City has two seemingly unrelated stories working (a la early Tom Clancy), but, as expected, they merged smoothly to create this profound story. The herd of northern California hippies and the hard-scrabble Alaskan end-of-the-roaders eventually learn to co-exist, sort of.

I truly didn't want Drop City to end, it is that good!

George (Eagle1)
pjmom8025 avatar reviewed Drop City on + 45 more book reviews
I just couldn't get into this story. Too many characters and too much description.
pjmom8025 avatar reviewed Drop City on + 45 more book reviews
I couldn't get into this book. *NOTE*:This is the British addition of this ISBN#. The ISBN # to this book is actually 0747571562, but the system won't accept the UK Isbn #
reviewed Drop City on + 41 more book reviews
I put it down and didn't pick it back up after a couple of pages. Definitely NOT my type of book.
Twintoni avatar reviewed Drop City on + 133 more book reviews
A group of hippies decide to relocate their commune to Alaska.