So, in addition to my previous read, I've also read the above. (No relation to my previous reads author.) Later, At the Bar started out as a really funny, easy-to-read, page-turner. It takes place in a small upstate New York town were everyone knows everyone else. Each chapter focuses on one specific person in the town and just sort of delves into his/her life. It's really a novel made up of a bunch of little vignettes. (Good concept.) The characters are certainly well-developed and easy to picture because the author is great at descriptive detail but in all seriousness, I was a little drunk (not in a good way) on all the drunks. Every character was a raging alcoholic that either cheated on every person they had ever been involved with or, well, no...they were all drunken cheaters. This book got great reviews and I'm just not getting it. I mean, I'm a gal who enjoys a drink here and there (Monday through Sunday) but come on! Put the bottle of whiskey, beer and gin down, sober up and live a better life. It was depressing, really. I will give the author credit in being able to write well but, my God, there is more than one way to write a character other than drunk. Read at your own risk.
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