Jessica Z - Shawn Klomparens

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Title: Jessica Z.
Author: Shawn Klomparens
Genre: Fiction
Rating: 3.5/5
# pages: 340
Date read: June, 2011

When Jessica Zorich met a tall, charismatic artist at a San Francisco party, her life had been all about coping: with a baffling and dangerous world, with a mostly inane job, and with a sweet but meandering relationship with her upstairs neighbor. But Josh Hadden doesn't cope: he's a man of action, of big visions, and of relationships that span the globe; a man certain of his passions, politics, art, and desire. And what Josh desires most is Jessica - at a time when being desired might be the most desirable thing of all.

A surprisingly 'real' book. No neat solutions, no tidy conclusions, but very true to life. At the same time, this also made me feel like the author couldn't really decide where he wanted to go with the book - he mixed a lot of different genres which I'd typically be less than improved by, but as 'real life' is also a mix of different genres, I think it worked.

I wasn't blown away by it and was rather frustrated by the lack of resolution concerning Josh (but again - that's often real life!), but I did appreciate the writing style and thought the writing exceptionally neat and tight.