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The Silver Linings Playbook

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A New York Times bestseller, The Silver Linings Playbook was adapted into the Oscar-winning movie starring Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence. It tells the riotous and poignant story of how one man regains his memory and comes to terms with the magnitude of his wife's betrayal.

During the years he spends in a neural health facility, Pat Peoples formulates a theory about silver linings: he believes his life is a movie produced by God, his mission is to become physically fit and emotionally supportive, and his happy ending will be the return of his estranged wife, Nikki. When Pat goes to live with his parents, everything seems changed: no one will talk to him about Nikki; his old friends are saddled with families; the Philadelphia Eagles keep losing, making his father moody; and his new therapist seems to be recommending adultery as a form of therapy.

When Pat meets the tragically widowed and clinically depressed Tiffany, she offers to act as a liaison between him and his wife, if only he will give up watching football, agree to perform in this year's Dance Away Depression competition, and promise not to tell anyone about their "contract." All the while, Pat keeps searching for his silver lining.

In this brilliantly written debut novel, Matthew Quick takes us inside Pat's mind, deftly showing us the world from his distorted yet endearing perspective. The result is a touching and funny story that helps us look at both depression and love in a wonderfully refreshing way.

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ISBN9780374533571
PublisherFarrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
Publication Date10/16/12
Pages304

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  • carlon
    carlon

    24 Followers

    5.0

    Ich hatte ne richtig richtig gute Zeit.

    Ich hab lange nicht mehr so viel geschmunzelt und zum Teil sogar gelacht bei nem Buch. Der Protagonist ist auf verkorkste Art so so sympathisch und ich mag die Schreibweise super gerne. Dazu kommt, dass ich den Film noch nicht gesehen habe und deshalb wars auch noch super spannend weil das Buch wirklich bis zum Schluss durchzieht, das Rätsel um Pats Vergangenheit und Grund für den Aufenthalt in der Psychiatrie aufzulösen. Wirklich, das war super sweet, hab geweint zwischendurch (und am Ende) - würde ich nochmal lesen!

    Oct 12, 2025

  • lisa1901
    lisa1901

    17 Followers

    4.0

    Ganz wichtig ist es hier, sich nicht vom Anfang des Romans stören zu lassen, der mich persönlich abgeschreckt und fast so weit gebracht hat, ihn abzubrechen. Wenn man sich aber einmal an Pats Stimme gewöhnt hat, kommt man ihm und seiner verzweifelten Sehnsucht nach Nikki immer näher, und irgendwann ist es wirklich schwer das Buch aus der Hand zu legen! Die Chemie zwischen Pat und Tiffany hat mir auch sehr gut gefallen. Das einzige, womit ich einfach nichts anfangen konnte, war diese exzessive Liebe scheinbar jedes männlichen Charakters zu den Eagles, aber das ist wirklich nebensächlich, da dies eine enge Bindung auf das eigentliche Geschehen oder vielmehr viele verschiedene Beziehungen hat.

    Oct 20, 2023

  • biaenca
    biaenca

    28 Followers

    2.0

    I actually only read the book because I desperatly wanted to see the movie for a long time now but wanted to read the book first. I didn't actually know what the book was about, I had just a brief "ah, I heard it's about this and that". The Silver Linings Playbook reminds me a lot of The Perks of being a Wallflower which isn't necissarily bad, but I couldn't quite get into Perks and same goes for this book. For me, there was way too much football involved and couldn't help myself - I thought Tiffany was really annoying (same goes for almost every single person in the book.). It was a book to cross off my list, but personally I wouldn't recommand it or re-read it. Just not my kind of books, I guess.

    Apr 16, 2025

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