Comments on: Michael Chabon’s “Wonder Boys”

By: Kathryn

Kathryn — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 18:13:48 +0000

I enjoyed Wonder Boys and all its hints to beginning writers. I got lost, however, in the escapades, the chaos, and the reeling intensity of the connected relationships. Though I loved some of the sentences, they seemed a bit deliberately sophisticated and over-written. But, I will read Kavalier and, Clay. So there!

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 23:08:37 +0000

Many people don’t know that Chuck Kinder, one of Chabon’s writing teachers (also mine), was inspiration for Graddy Tripp. I came to this book after reading Kinder’s Honeymooners, which I recommend to anyone who liked Wonder Boys. Chabon’s novel moves so quickly, and yet I wanted to reread every sentence twice. He’s that good of a writer. Liker Kinder, Chabon is a writer’s writer. If you have any sense of good contemporary fiction, you’ll enjoy this book as I did.

By: Maria

Maria — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 02:45:51 +0000

I absolutely loved this book. As soon as I picked it up I didn’t want to put it down. Although Chabon’s style was slightly hard to understand, the storyline was intriguing and different and I just loved it. I loved how different each character was. Chabon has a miraculous imagination and it really shows in Wonder Boys. I was very impressed with this book.

By: Tony

Tony — Sun, 11 May 2008 23:03:45 +0000

Had to read this book for class. Wholly unnecessary. I couldn’t quite pinpoint what it was about the book that I so heavily disliked, and then came to the conclusion that I simply disliked the whole thing.