shaewiens's review
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
beardedbarista's review
4.0
Thanks to PRHAudio for this complimentary audiobook! I was glad to have listened to this audiobook, even though I didn't know who John Crist was, now I am aware! He reminds me of Nate Bargetze being a clean-ish comic. And I can admire that because I think it takes almost more effort not to lower the language or topics to get laughs. I also enjoyed that Crist is a more humble and apologetic Christian and not hard core evangelist. That was my top worry with this book from the start. I suffered through alcoholism and traumas in my life similar to him and I was not really wanting to be preached at. He did not do that.. if anything he gave a great and uncommon perspective on being famous and still having everyone issues. I think I liked that the most about this book. It was definitely more about that than deleting social media content. We all struggle but hiding it in real life or online is the most unhealthy way to go about it. Good book. Now I will go check out his comedy!
sleeson's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
4.25
A completely relatable book. He has some good call outs on how as a society constantly need attention.
ecooley115's review
4.0
This is not a tell-all. It’s a memoir that didn’t make me hate the author. It was really good. I recommend it to the ones that like and the ones that are leery.
losgiraffee's review
3.0
Don't be like me. Don't start mass reading every memoir by any comedian you can find that has written a memoir and just EXPECT it to be funny. Not all of them are.
Not John Crist's fault. My fault.
Now that we got that out of the way, this was a very interesting, and slightly depressing look into screen addiction. And not the kind of addiction where someone says they like to be on their phone a lot and scroll Facebook or something, like....real, debilitating, problematic, life altering, addiction.
It's obviously become more and more of a problem since the invention and easy accessibility of the internet, but John took it to an extreme. Like, going to rehab extreme.
John grew up, feeling pretty ignored within his very large family, and found love in the attention of strangers. Applause and social media likes and follows were his drug of choice. Unfortunately for him, he rose to fame on the idea of being a religious comic.
Nothing wrong with being a religious comic, obviously, but I guess people expect a certain image. As a single guy in his 20s-30s, he did not live up to that image and was drug through the mud in the media.
The squeaky clean image he tried to portray did not hold up.
With all the laughs he is able to give, he suffers with depression through it all. A very tough life to live I'm sure. Glad I read it, but ultimately walking away from it pretty sad. This is a reality for many people in today's world.
Not John Crist's fault. My fault.
Now that we got that out of the way, this was a very interesting, and slightly depressing look into screen addiction. And not the kind of addiction where someone says they like to be on their phone a lot and scroll Facebook or something, like....real, debilitating, problematic, life altering, addiction.
It's obviously become more and more of a problem since the invention and easy accessibility of the internet, but John took it to an extreme. Like, going to rehab extreme.
John grew up, feeling pretty ignored within his very large family, and found love in the attention of strangers. Applause and social media likes and follows were his drug of choice. Unfortunately for him, he rose to fame on the idea of being a religious comic.
Nothing wrong with being a religious comic, obviously, but I guess people expect a certain image. As a single guy in his 20s-30s, he did not live up to that image and was drug through the mud in the media.
The squeaky clean image he tried to portray did not hold up.
With all the laughs he is able to give, he suffers with depression through it all. A very tough life to live I'm sure. Glad I read it, but ultimately walking away from it pretty sad. This is a reality for many people in today's world.