Kirn has a smart, witty prose style, and the novel is an interesting combination of Bildungsroman and corporate satire, with a dash of thriller as well. I wasn't sure who was saying what at some points, I couldn't quite understand what the main character was running to or running from. Sadly, its original 3-star rating didn't hold up - it's even more of a mess than I had remembered. I read and saw the movie "Up in the Air" (in that order) around the same time as the release of the Hindi movie "3 idiots" which is inspired from Chetan Bhagath's "5 point someone". I like familiar situations. I always took care of myself. But if you liked the movie a lot, don't bother with the book. © Copyright 2020 Meredith Corporation. Before you ask, no, I haven't seen the movie version that came out recently. Unfortunately, this was not one of those times. Half of the time I lose track of where the protagonist is going or who he's meeting (or trying to meet). But if you liked the movie a lot, don't bother with the book. I thought it was a solid job, that's why I took it. Satirizing the prevailing management culture is like shooting fish in a barrel, but in the end the reader, exhausted by 300 pages of unfocused, stream-of-consciousness rambling, is left wondering what point Kirn was trying to make.I don't normally pick up a book that has been used as a script for the script of a new movie but I've never, until now (to my knowledge), read a book that has been used as a script for the script of a new movie after only seeing the trailer for that film. When they called back, I couldn't believe it. In the beginning of 2009, the owner of the dealership said he was going to get ahead of cutting expenses, so my entire department was eliminated in early February. It is hard because I kept wanting to compare it to DeLillo's best. All those things are in the book. Since Up in the Air is up for six Oscars this Sunday, it can’t hurt to delve into this unassuming film, which most of us have probably caught by now. He begrudgingly allows us to tag along with him as he struggles to obtain his lofty goals of acquiring one million airline miles achieved by strategic manipulations of all the systems established to take advantage of our hopes and dreams.
We racked up some serious debt. I know people do. In someways it reminds me of 2001's answer to I liked it a lot. But it's hard to not take it personally if you're still a person and someone's telling you ‘We don't want you right now. Then it sent you to a Web site. Eventually, Ryan grows to a point where he realizes he wants something more (finally noticing how empty his backpack really is), but unfortunately finds he is too late. Much to our surprise, when we got there, things changed. So I used my business background and was blessed, they gave me a position that was pretty much entry-level. September 24th 2002 I became a number. I've got to say that I was really excited to read this book. It's not in the auto industry, that was too risky. The narrator speaks directly to the reader which would be difficult to translate to tThis character was added to the movie as a foil to Ryan Bingham. I've got 15 years industry experience, that's all I knew. But all along it was a false sense of security. Now I am not sure if Chetan Bhagath was compensated properly but the acriminous tussle with the movie makers post "3 idiots"' release has revealed how much of catching up the Indian entertainers have to do in the legal front of adapting books.I have a love-hate relationship with this book. They can pick who they want down to their eye color.I was job-searching like crazy, looking on the Internet, when I ran across an itty, bitty, tiny ad and I thought, ‘Why not?' I really don't like them.I’m not sure what to say about Up in the Air. I'm giving it three stars anyway. I was starting to think: Am I going to be the next person to walk in a soup line? I kind of knew it was coming, I felt it ahead of time. The surface snark, including some good material about the nonsense of business books and management consultingUnlike apparently everyone else on GoodReads, I liked this novel. What happened with auto retail, especially in Detroit, toward the end of 2008, it went downhill fast. It became very bleak.