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Love Me by Danger Slater

monteirogh's review against another edition

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4.0

A fever dream that seemed that it was going to lead nowhere, and I can't say that wasn't the case. I loved it.

debumere's review against another edition

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4.0

There were a few stand out moments but my favourite was definitely the creation of the Lunar phases. This is a good read, chuckled a fair bit through it. Really liked the Moon.

risa_di's review against another edition

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5.0

If you like to laugh, while simultaneously pondering your existence, read this book immediately! In Love Me, we follow the fantastical, yet somehow completely relatable, main character through a life changing journey as he tries to figure out his place in the world while accidentally creating the fundamentals of our existence. He’s sometimes sad, often vulgar, definitely blunt, and always funny. Sound complicated and hard to read? It’s not! While the underlying themes of Love Me might be ones philosophers have pondered for centuries, the delivery of the story is not only light and easy to read, but completely original. I mean it. There is a castle made of skulls, some talking rats, and a nosy neighbor who happens to be the Moon (just to name a FEW of the weirdos that pop up throughout the story). Yet despite this fantasy world, Danger Slater brings us the story of a guy we can relate to. I often found myself commiserating with the main character as I laughed at the preposterous and completely improbable situations he found himself in. Love Me is as loveable, as ridiculous, and as rude as your favorite Judd Apatow film, and as hilariously self-aware/referential as the best episode of Arrested Development. If you’re looking for something serious, dry, sane, and emotionless, go read Ernest Hemingway. If you’re looking to laugh, gag, roll your eyes, say “what the hell?”, empathize, laugh some more, and possibly even think, read Love Me. NOW!

sarahconnor89757's review against another edition

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3.0

Discombobulated and otherworldly, this book sits very firmly within the genre of bizarro; meaning if you don't know what you're getting into there is no preparing you but if you are already a connoisseur there will be nothing to surprising you.

Funny, sexual, and crude this is the perfect beach read for those who drive to the beach only to prefer being locked in the car.

mrfrank's review against another edition

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5.0

Indie press has been hitting it out of the park lately. LOVE ME by Danger Slater is batting clean up and just launched one into the 2nd level. Who cares about the big names on the shelves for 5 times the price? There is no point any longer. Danger Slater is a name that needs to be up in neon lights.

LOVE ME is the story of a god-like being who can do and be anything he can think of in his brilliant mind. He his handsome beyond the likes of Brand Pitt, he is brilliant beyond the likes of Dr. Michio Kaku. He can do, be, have anything he wants. Yet he is a complete social miscreant. The protagonist needs, wants, craves loves, companionship and camaraderie. This is the story of the man who has everything, everything except love.

It is brilliant. It is simple. It is hilarious. It is poignant. I want to compare him to Chad Kultgen with a better sense of humor. Alas, I can not because Danger Slater is too unique a voice. This is big press story published by a small press company. If your going to give something a little "not mainstream" then give this one a shot. This is the story that will ring true with every soul who reads it.

discocrow's review against another edition

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3.0

[a:Danger slater|4789886|Danger Slater|http://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1330658935p2/4789886.jpg] was so kind as to provide a copy of this book for download on Valentine's Day. I must say, this was far better than the traditional romantic fare that one would get on such a holiday. Much better indeed.

[b:Love Me|12691|Marley and Me Life and Love With the World's Worst Dog|John Grogan|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1308858322s/12691.jpg|14961] is... well, difficult to describe. Either [a:Danger Slater|4789886|Danger Slater|http://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1330658935p2/4789886.jpg] has produced a masterpiece of satire and glory, or something more akin to [a:Chuck Palahniuk|2546|Chuck Palahniuk|http://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1264506988p2/2546.jpg] post-[b:Haunted|22288|Haunted|Chuck Palahniuk|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1320550987s/22288.jpg|1602272] fare. Which I reckon some people would call a masterpiece anyway, so that may make my point moot. Well, I wavered between believing both sides of that coin so three stars it is for the time being.

For all of [b:Love Me|12691|Marley and Me Life and Love With the World's Worst Dog|John Grogan|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1308858322s/12691.jpg|14961]'s faults, which mainly rested in the fact that I felt sometimes the commentary was a bit too drawn out, I still enjoyed the book. It had me laughing, it had me chuckling, it had me marveling at the archaic words that [a:Danger Slater|4789886|Danger Slater|http://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1330658935p2/4789886.jpg] pulled out of the insipid Moon. It had me rolling my eyes several times, and feeling physically ill at some of the descriptions.

Now, even though the book isn't sold bound in the skin of the Caspian Tiger, I still think it's worth a read when you want something funny. Just... be prepared for a sick, twisted, and sometimes a bit overzealous ride.

You'll know in the first ten pages if you're up for it or not. ;)

mhanlon's review against another edition

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3.0

This was a good-ish book. It's very original, or the voice is, at any rate, and it skates by on that for a good while. It gets bogged down a little in the middle, and fans of the scatalogical will love it (foes of the scatalogical will not, though you then have the honor of being known as a "Foe of the Scatalogical").

It was a very pleasant way to pass an evening or two, at any rate.

mhanlon's review

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3.0

This was a good-ish book. It's very original, or the voice is, at any rate, and it skates by on that for a good while. It gets bogged down a little in the middle, and fans of the scatalogical will love it (foes of the scatalogical will not, though you then have the honor of being known as a "Foe of the Scatalogical").

It was a very pleasant way to pass an evening or two, at any rate.
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