dashius's review
1.0
Unlike David Sedaris, who is mentioned on the back cover several times, Burroughs is all disturbing and only a tiny bit funny. I was half-way through the book and doing mostly fine, but then I encountered the episode about telling future from the shit, closed the book and headed straight to the library to give it back.
janif49's review
3.0
I read it when it first came out. good book but I think my opinion lessened after so many people raved over it. it was good but not THAT good KWIM?
hadu's review
5.0
When I read this book I had an awful job that was making me miserable. My oldest friend gave it to me to borrow to cheer me up. I'm pretty sure it was the first book to make me literally laugh out loud an obscene amount of times. I could read it over and over again.
rick2's review
2.0
I don't think this book was written for me. There's a sort of breathlessness that I just couldn't get past. It's a little too cute for the material and seems like it trys a little too hard. There's this disjointedness of depicting despicable acts and a sort of show-theater type description of those events. It doesn't work for me.
It's not that this is a bad book, I am sure there are tons of people who would enjoy it way more than me. There are undoubtedly those who feel this book is profound and helpful in magical ways. It's just that half way through I found myself thinking for the fourth or fifth time "you know, I could be reading something better right now." So eventually I went and listened to that thought.
It's not that this is a bad book, I am sure there are tons of people who would enjoy it way more than me. There are undoubtedly those who feel this book is profound and helpful in magical ways. It's just that half way through I found myself thinking for the fourth or fifth time "you know, I could be reading something better right now." So eventually I went and listened to that thought.
ngervasoni's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0