I have to admit, the only reason I picked up this book was because Zach Braff (of Scrubs) recommended it as his brother wrote it. Jacob Green is a young man struggling with his father’s abuse and his Jewish faith. Even though the issues are serious, the book doesn’t dig too deep and has some very comical moments. I have a feeling I’d appreciate this book more if I had a better understanding of the Jewish religion, but Braff does a good job at describing the Jewish rituals, clothing or foods.

I really loved the book up until I got to the last page and read the ending. I thought it was sort of a cop-out and didn’t really resolve anything. It’s like he only had so much material, didn’t really know how to end it, so he just did. Maybe the ending was too “deep” for me to get and held some sort of weird symbolism, I’m not sure. It isn’t that I don’t understand the ending, I just feel like there should have been some sort of resolution – good or bad, especially with the subject matter of the last chapter.

It’s a great book, but the ending sucks.