Zoology by Ben Dolnick (2007)

This book interested me because it was written by a child--ok so he was 24--and everyone praised it from here to Timbuktu. It's not genius. It reads as if it were written by a college kid who hasn't gotten out in the world yet, who can't figure out what he wants to do with his life, who hasn't had a serious relationship with a woman (maybe not even really gone out on a date with one), who hasn't held a job for longer than a summer during a college break . . . . Your typical college kid. If your idea of having a super fun time is having a conversation with a college freshman (yes, I know I'm docking Dolnick a few years but it's how it reads) about how he thinks the world works, then read this book. If you'd prefer reading a book about something a tad more sophisticated than a young-adult novel (AND one without anything fun like vampires, or wizards, or whatever), then give this one a skip.