Reviews

Junior by Macaulay Culkin

mehsi's review against another edition

3.0

Een nieuwe voetbalserie, maar ik weet niet of ik hem nog verder ga lezen. De humor is best hit/miss en de tekeningen waren ook niet mijn favoriet. Plus, ik vond de talenten van de kinderen ook niet echt om van huis te spreken. En winnen, ho maar. Ze hoeven natuurlijk niet altijd te winnen, maar iets meer zien dan falen zou leuk zijn. En ik had ook wat meer vriendschap verwacht. De uitvindingen vond ik nog wel het leukst (ook omdat die altijd faalden). :P

jgraydee's review

2.0

I chose this book because I was in a bad mood, and wanted something quick and "edgy" to read. Culkin makes the point that this is not a biography, and not a book to be taken seriously. I suspect that is partly true, but much of the book reads like I would expect -- random, depressed, mature beyond his years. Lonely. Some of it, by virtue of what I've read about his life, must be true. It is a quick read, and insightful in profound ways. Sometimes thought provoking. Sometimes funny. Sometimes very sad and lonely. If much of this autobiographical, then I wish the writer peace...

casspro's review

3.0

It's part memoir, part writing guide.Who knew that Macaulay Culkin knew how to write? Junior is snarky and witty and surprises the reader with some if its insights.

missgrangerr's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

gregoryscottdilcox's review

challenging dark emotional reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

ashley073's review against another edition

4.0

unlike many, I found Junior to be quite an enjoyable read. If you take it for what it is, instead of trying to force it into a genre it wasn't meant to be in, it's a pretty decent book!

abetterbradley's review

4.0

I loved this book but fair warning, Junior isn't for everyone. It's a "fictional" book but I have to wonder how much of Macauly Culkin's real life is between the pages. The book is all over the place and really doesn't have a plotline. But I still loved it. My favorite part was the poem "Spaces In Wrong Places" on page 38 (hardcover version). The poem alone made me smile.

duplica123's review

3.0

Well, over all this book was readable. It had choppy pieces and long rambling rants, but these all seemed to flow to tell a story of the man writing it.
The author wants you to believe that both he, and you, learned something at the end. I'm not sure I did. It doesn't make me want to watch Home Alone again, though.