Then I turned back inside, grabbed half a dozen teacups, and dumped those out, too. Sorry, I said, hanging half my upper body over the sill. Epstein, whom I had never much liked anyway. It plummeted three floors and shattered into a hundred white porcelain pieces right behind Mrs. This reader was quite disappointed in the ending. Either way, it seems, the reader will be disappointed. We spend the duration of the book wondering if Clementine will kill herself of not. I'm not sure, though, that it's possible to have a satisfying ending to this sort of story. There are also plenty of lush and interesting descriptions of Los Angeles (and of Mexican food- I found myself frequently getting hungry while reading this.) The one thing I found unsatisfactory about this book was the ending. We learn more about Clementine's traumatic family life over the course of the book.
Clementine is endowed with a wicked sense of humor, and there's plenty of entertaining snark in the first-person narrative. Among her projects are finding her father, who disappeared years ago, finding new owners for her cat, and obtaining the animal tranquilizers that will do the deed.
This novel follows the last thirty days of her life as she plans for her demise.
Read moreĬlementine Pritchard plans to commit suicide. I’m excited to see what Ream writes next as this was a great start to her career.
I know it sounds like an oxymoron, but this book is really quite life-affirming, and I suspect you’ll enjoy exploring Clementine’s psyche as much as I did. However, as she tidies up the loose ends of her life (including the fate of her absentee father), she finds that life may have more to offer her than she first thought. Tired of being depressed and dealing with various mental health issues, Clementine decides “enough is enough” and gives herself 30 days to get her affairs in order. Her primary relationships center on her confusing interactions with her ex-husband, her rivalry with a fellow artist, and the recent firing of her supportive assistant. A funny, sarcastic book about a woman preparing to commit suicide (yes … you read that right), Losing Clementine is Ream’s debut novel and it is good! Clementine is a successful artist who lives with her beloved cat (in fact, one of her pre-suicide tasks is finding a suitable home for the cat).
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