I did not know what to expect when I was handed this book and the story couldn't have been more wild. If I have read at least a snippet I wouldn't have gone through reading it. But I started it and I'm no quitter. Life Expectancy by Dean Koontz is a fictional autobiographical tale told in first person, primarily by the lead character. Most of the story was set in the 90s but the book read like it was midcentury with how everything was constructed by Dean. I don't know how to describe this book but it was whimsical to me, a bit like Forrest Gump. It read like a Republican fairy tale I guess with all the conservative energy radiating from every page. Why am I rating this low? The decision making of Jimmy was just ludicrous. It just didn't make any sense to me. Yes it advances the story but it wasn't passable most of the time to make it slide. Also, I felt like I was reading a long humble brag of a white man. I mean please. Enough! Lastly, it also felt like I was reading a longish storybook meant for someone on the fifth grade. Minus like two SOB bombs the book was quite vanilla. It really came across as reading practice, something a primary school teacher would assign as homework. The last part I've said is not necessarily a bad thing but something I was not looking for at the moment. Read the book while listening to the audiobook. The audiobook's narration was like those 50s instructional videos so I think it helped me imagine that things were happening much earlier than the 90s. I intend the read more Dean inspite of not liking this at all.