Silver Linings Playbook

  Silver Linings Playbook, by Matthew Quick and absolutely loved it. It only took me a couple days. This can be accredited to the outstanding characters that are developed in this book. They were all so strong and unique and powerful. I loved how relateable the characters were because they all had a lot of life issues and didn't always solve them in the best way possible.

     My favorite character in the book was Tiffany. Her life was just a big ball of problem. Her husband was killed and she blamed it on herself. She lived with her parents.  She was antisocial and didn't have strong communication skills.  I loved how the author showed how ugly guilt and other day-to-day issues can be. She doesn't deal with human interaction well either. Tiffany mets a guy named Pat who she likes. She doesn't know how to talk to Pat so she just follows him on his runs day after day. One day she finally is able to introduce herself but she is very abrupt and scares off Pat. It takes a very long time for them to finally build a relationship. The author portrays this in a way that is very humorous. Eventually she learns how to overcome many of her problems; she still isn't perfect though.  It takes her a lot of hard work and a lot of messing up for her to do so. I think it was admirable that the author went to the work to add so much verisimilitude and depth to the story.


     Pat is very humorous in this book. Just the way she does everyday task is funny. The author makes him seem very awkward but it's in the same way that you or I may be. Pat goes over to his friend's house to have dinner. He meets his friend's wife and Tiffany while having dinner. When his friend throws out in accurate facts about sports Pat talks about how hard it is to not correct someone when you know their wrong. I think we all experience this on some level. I'm sure when a little sibling spits out incorrect information you just want to say, "Well actually..." but Pat doesn't correct his friend. Pat says, “I am practicing being kind over being right.”(56). In this situation it is humorous because we can all relate to how hard this can be and how we all should probably work on this.

     The way the author creates the characters definitely makes this book worth while. The plot is great and it's a very funny book. I would recommend this book to anyone. There wasn't an aspect that I didn't love.