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The Hidden Power of F*cking Up by Keith Habersberger, Eugene Lee Yang, Ned Fulmer, Zach Kornfeld
kaylajean324's review against another edition
medium-paced
3.0
It was fine. I enjoyed listening to the audiobook for the most part, but I truly found Ned’s portions insufferable.
zach_attakk's review against another edition
3.0
This is one of those books that doesn't really need to exist. It's a book that someone said "you should write a book" but then when you actually start writing you realise there's not much to be gained from it.
Still sort of useful though. I mean there's life lessons from looking at the lives of others, I guess. The same as listening to a friend tell their life story. It's nice to have it so concise.
The best part of this is listening to the audiobook. The voices of the Try Guys are so recognisable that it makes a big part of the enjoyment. If I were to read the actual book, I wouldn't have finished it.
Still sort of useful though. I mean there's life lessons from looking at the lives of others, I guess. The same as listening to a friend tell their life story. It's nice to have it so concise.
The best part of this is listening to the audiobook. The voices of the Try Guys are so recognisable that it makes a big part of the enjoyment. If I were to read the actual book, I wouldn't have finished it.
mystimayhem's review against another edition
4.0
I wouldn't call it a self help book. It's more of a inspirational memoir. I've always enjoyed The Try Guys' videos, and the book is awesome. Eugene and Zach's parts both made me tear up a bit. I listened to it as an audiobook and I'm so glad I did.
rabj's review against another edition
5.0
Y’all, if you have the opportunity get the audiobook. Read by the guys and filled in with bonus content as they goof around. It’s meaningful and sweet and it’s their own words in their own voice. It’s so very much their style.
starklinqs's review against another edition
fast-paced
3.5
I was curious about this book and knew it certainly wouldn't age well all the time with the Ned chapters, but this was an interesting book.
I feel like my enjoyment really varied based off the people - I will have to say that I think Zach and Eugene had the strongest writing in the book, while Keith and Ned had the weakest. Zach's voice was probably the most distinct to me, especially when I skipped over the little emojis that indicated who was who. I think based off Zach's writing, I'd give that a 4/5 while for the others I'd range from a 2.5-3.5 - even Eugene's, tbh. His writing was objectively good, but I didn't feel much from the chapters he wrote? Maybe it's because he's already shared so much of that in videos so it didn't feel like anything new was coming out of the chapters to me. Which is totally fair, because he doesn't have to write anything more than what he wants to, but it also just made his chapters objectively well written things that I've just heard before.
I think while Ned's chapters aged the poorest, Keith's was the least interesting for me to read. I do appreciate him talking about his journey to getting fit, but I can't really think of a lot of what he wrote for the rest of the book? Sometimes it felt like the other guys had big chunks of writing and then Keith would chime in for a side comment here or there. I did also have to laugh a bit at him saying he's on a vegan diet when he's definitely not - I understand the point of what he was trying to say, about eating that way most of the time, but still. Ned's chapters were objectively fine, but it's hard reading about how much he loves the Try Guys and his wife and his child with the foresight of what we have now about him cheating. It doesn't necessarily make what he believed and wrote any less true, but it's a bit rough reading about how someone believes they love their wife when you know they publicly cheated on her a few years later. I think his style section was also just not as well done as the other sections in the book.
The work section was easily the weakest out of all the chapters in the book all-around, and I think the "expert" opinions also weren't the best in that. It felt very much like a silly thing they were all trying instead of an honest reflection on their work. This whole book kind of felt like an extended video, but this chapter did in particular - especially with the play by play (sidenote - I do feel like maybe people would get the most out of this book with the printed version for photos and then the audiobook. The banter just did not flow as well in a book IMO).
Overall, it was an interesting book though. I think what I got from this is that if Zach ever wants to drop a memoir I'm all in LMAO.
I feel like my enjoyment really varied based off the people - I will have to say that I think Zach and Eugene had the strongest writing in the book, while Keith and Ned had the weakest. Zach's voice was probably the most distinct to me, especially when I skipped over the little emojis that indicated who was who. I think based off Zach's writing, I'd give that a 4/5 while for the others I'd range from a 2.5-3.5 - even Eugene's, tbh. His writing was objectively good, but I didn't feel much from the chapters he wrote? Maybe it's because he's already shared so much of that in videos so it didn't feel like anything new was coming out of the chapters to me. Which is totally fair, because he doesn't have to write anything more than what he wants to, but it also just made his chapters objectively well written things that I've just heard before.
I think while Ned's chapters aged the poorest, Keith's was the least interesting for me to read. I do appreciate him talking about his journey to getting fit, but I can't really think of a lot of what he wrote for the rest of the book? Sometimes it felt like the other guys had big chunks of writing and then Keith would chime in for a side comment here or there. I did also have to laugh a bit at him saying he's on a vegan diet when he's definitely not - I understand the point of what he was trying to say, about eating that way most of the time, but still. Ned's chapters were objectively fine, but it's hard reading about how much he loves the Try Guys and his wife and his child with the foresight of what we have now about him cheating. It doesn't necessarily make what he believed and wrote any less true, but it's a bit rough reading about how someone believes they love their wife when you know they publicly cheated on her a few years later. I think his style section was also just not as well done as the other sections in the book.
The work section was easily the weakest out of all the chapters in the book all-around, and I think the "expert" opinions also weren't the best in that. It felt very much like a silly thing they were all trying instead of an honest reflection on their work. This whole book kind of felt like an extended video, but this chapter did in particular - especially with the play by play (sidenote - I do feel like maybe people would get the most out of this book with the printed version for photos and then the audiobook. The banter just did not flow as well in a book IMO).
Overall, it was an interesting book though. I think what I got from this is that if Zach ever wants to drop a memoir I'm all in LMAO.
ashhulksmash's review against another edition
2.0
I didn't like this, and shouldn't have finished it.
missgrangerr's review against another edition
funny
inspiring
medium-paced
2.0
To be honest I flipped through this and didn’t read it cover to cover. Some of it was interesting to me while mostly nothing pertaining to me.
travelingallison's review against another edition
5.0
This audiobook made me laugh and cry at times as The Try Guys opened up about their own struggles that may seem minor to us, but actual cause for anxiety to them. I really appreciate what they did and the fears they each had to overcome.
krbeers4's review against another edition
4.0
This was thoroughly enjoyable (duh, it was narrated by The Try Guys), and the content was surprisingly rich. There was just something about it that left me wanting more. I’d definitely recommend it to people who like The Try Guys, but I wouldn’t think it’d be appealing to people who don’t know who they are.