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kendralyris's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Trafficking, Abandonment, and Alcohol
shanniecakes's review against another edition
3.0
That Augusten Burroughs is alive is a miracle. That he made his mentally damaging childhood seem silly and quirky in Running with Scissors and [b:Magical Thinking|7815|The Year of Magical Thinking|Joan Didion|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165644384s/7815.jpg|1659905] is another. It may be that the downturn in his writing is reflective of the subject matter, but I found Dry to be his least successful work. Gone is the consistent snarkiness that I found so appealing in his other novels. It is replaced by parroting of AA-isms, which though he claims to not entirely believe, does not bother to refute. His transformations and revelations seem less than complete. I was expecting extravagance and sugar coating from Burroughs, and this novel seemed, well... Dry.
kmoses87's review against another edition
emotional
4.0
This was really emotional, especially towards the end. I just wish the thing that finally made Augustin give up alcohol again was the jewelry pig head made for him, but nothing you can do when it's a memior
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, and Drug abuse
nick_w's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
5.0
lbolesta's review against another edition
4.0
I can't help it, I love other people's drama (OPD yeah you know me).
yedidah72's review against another edition
3.0
Interesting view into the life/recovery of an alcoholic. Very honest.
yocalico's review against another edition
3.0
eh, i thought i was gonna really enjoy this, considering how quickly 'running with scissors' went by, even though i didnt REALLY love it, and how much i loved the excerpt from 'lust and wonder' --but, shrug, it was pretty cliche and... predictable and stagnant? to me. and he seemed pretty uhnlikable, and i kept thinking there would be justifications for this or acknowledgements, but there weren't, really. (although i do think i saw more of his 'funny' side)