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Title: Days After the Crash

Author: Joshua Fields Millburn

Narrator: Monty Lewis Sauerwein

Format: Unabridged

Length: 47 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-12-12

Publisher: Asymmetrical Press

Ratings: 2.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

There is wreckage in the rearview. Jody Grafton's world is crumbling around him.

To get away from it all, Jody moves from his native Ohio to Brooklyn to sort through the rubble of his self-indulgent 20s. His marriage is over. His new girlfriend is pregnant. And his career as a pseudo-famous singer-songwriter has fallen apart: gone is his record deal, his money, his fame - even his desire to create new music. While he stares at the ruins of his musical career, his mother becomes ill, and Jody starts drinking heavily to deaden his new reality. After months of struggle, he attempts to put the pieces of his life back together the only way he knows how: through music.

Days After The Crash is a novella about a troubled man struggling to reconcile the demons of his past. To fade the scars of the last decade, Jody must face his self-inflicted wounds head-on if he plans to discover a brighter future on the horizon. But does he have the strength to piece his life back together?

Members Reviews:

Not good at all. Pretentious nonsense.

I read the Minimalists blog, and the writing there is leagues beyond this nonsense, because it doesn't try to be more than what it is. This novella was extremely pretentious. Its as if Josh was expecting his audience to read in rapture and then clap their hands mindlessly as they marveled at his word-smithing. The metaphors, similes, and distracting, flowery, and ultimately pointless descriptions in the first chapter alone were enough to put me off to the book.

The final two nails in the coffin were the utterly pointless 714 word sentence ending the first chapter, and the start of the second chapter. "And, but now..."??? Really? What utter nonsense.

I got this book for free, for which I am thankful. I wouldn't bother buying it. I can recommend that you go and check out the Minimalists website however, and perhaps one of their other books such as Minimalism: Essential Essays or Minimalism: Live a Meaningful Life.

trying too hard

I wanted to like this - I read his blog and downloaded this during the free offer period. My actual rating would be 1.5 stars, as I waiver between hating it & not liking it.

Unfortunately, I never was able to establish any connection with the characters or the mindset; in fact, I was ready to quit reading when I realized I was almost through with the book, so I read the remaining couple of pages. As others said, it appears the author believes literary fiction merits the term if he writes a lot of big words, overdoes the imagery, and includes some very long sentences. I didn't find the syntax or overblown language believable as being how the protagonist would actually think, even if he is a song writer. A few specific phrases just didn't make any sense to me. I think Joshua would benefit from going through a publishing house (& the rejection slips & editorial support that involves) or at least working with an established editor rather than going the direct self-pub route.

Part of a Larger Work

I've been reading some of the lower starred ratings, and I don't think many of them have read Joshua's fiction as a whole. This novella is part of a larger work on Jody's character, and the disappointment in the 'movement' of the story is not objectionable, but I suggest they all readFalling While Sitting Down: Storiesand later read As A Decade Fades.