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I Hate Myself and Want to Die: The 52 Most Depressing Songs You've Ever Heard, by Tom Reynolds
alexcruse's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 stars.
I did not intend to read this entire book today but it was a fun and easy read, just like Reynolds previous book about creepy songs. If you like the early music journalist inspired works by Chuck Klosterman then give this a try.
I did not intend to read this entire book today but it was a fun and easy read, just like Reynolds previous book about creepy songs. If you like the early music journalist inspired works by Chuck Klosterman then give this a try.
robinsbooks's review against another edition
5.0
I read this a couple of years ago and thought it was one of the funniest books I had ever read. You will no doubt recognize many of the songs the author irreverently and snarkily (is that a word) describes, but even if you don't may find them humorous. I found myself wanting to run to the Internet and download every song I read about just so I could pick out everything he details about it. This is the kind of book to keep around when you want a good laugh as it's easy to pick up and read a chapter or two.
curiosityp's review against another edition
1.0
The book is really just a music snob complaining about songs and/or artists he doesn't like.
shelbybp's review against another edition
One of the funniest, most accurately descriptive books I've ever read. I loved very second of it.
kawooreads's review against another edition
3.0
hilarious, and yes you can understand why these songs are in here. boo-hoo...
vylotte's review against another edition
3.0
This is a very amusing and wittily written dissections of 52 of the most depressing songs ever written. I skimmed it, mostly for the songs I recognized and a couple of good chuckles. And yay, someone that hates "The Christmas Shoes" as much as I do!
Now if only he would write one about assinine songs, so "Jesus Take the Wheel" could be included ... .
Now if only he would write one about assinine songs, so "Jesus Take the Wheel" could be included ... .
torts's review
3.0
This guy basically just talks bout 52 very depressing songs and why they are depressing. Not all for the reasons you would expect. I had only heard about half of the songs, but it was still amusing reading about the others. He is SO funny. I lol'd several times.
(That's not actually my review, but I saw no reason to disagree with it, since what I heard of this book when it was being read out loud was pretty much awesome. Once I started reading it, however, I couldn't help disagreeing with a lot of what was written. Mostly because a lot of it was lies. Example? "Listeners [of Homer's The Iliad and The Odyssey] were flung into pits of despair, prompting the occasional suicide attempt through mass ingestion of pimentos." And yes, I realize that that is intentionally a lie, for the sole purpose of being silly. But still. Don't be messin' with the classics, Tom Reynolds. Keep your lies away from them.)
(That's not actually my review, but I saw no reason to disagree with it, since what I heard of this book when it was being read out loud was pretty much awesome. Once I started reading it, however, I couldn't help disagreeing with a lot of what was written. Mostly because a lot of it was lies. Example? "Listeners [of Homer's The Iliad and The Odyssey] were flung into pits of despair, prompting the occasional suicide attempt through mass ingestion of pimentos." And yes, I realize that that is intentionally a lie, for the sole purpose of being silly. But still. Don't be messin' with the classics, Tom Reynolds. Keep your lies away from them.)
francomega's review
3.0
I had to Interlibrary Loan this in order to finally cross it off my reading list. Good, entertaining writing about songs you won't look at the same again.
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