mirage811's review against another edition
4.0
Funny, weird book. A quick read. I have no idea how this guy comes up with ideas. His mind is probably a scary place.
csmoore13's review against another edition
5.0
Easily one of the funniest books I have ever read. The first story alone will sell the book.
courtney_mcallister's review against another edition
3.0
It's difficult to evaluate this collection as a whole. There were pieces that had me laughing up a storm. Others I didn't really "get." So...an uneven collection, but not a waste of time. I guess that about sums it up.
cemeterygates's review against another edition
4.0
Like all collections, some pieces are great while others are skip label. The strong pieces are amazing, though, making this book extremely enjoyable.
pearseanderson's review against another edition
2.0
Connection: the company I interned for this summer (Tin House) released this book when I was 13 years old.
I did not laugh for long stretches of this book. I was not laughing for so long that I soon looked up and tried to listen to how loud my silence was, and that told me to stop reading. I stopped on page 122, right before the one titled "Arse Poetica." I think this book is hard to do in a world of The Onion + Clickhole, pubs that I think Sacks worked for, but perhaps because of their diverse group of authors you get more variety of jokes: his turn to awkward male nakedness/sexuality feel flat for me constantly! Sorry.
I did not laugh for long stretches of this book. I was not laughing for so long that I soon looked up and tried to listen to how loud my silence was, and that told me to stop reading. I stopped on page 122, right before the one titled "Arse Poetica." I think this book is hard to do in a world of The Onion + Clickhole, pubs that I think Sacks worked for, but perhaps because of their diverse group of authors you get more variety of jokes: his turn to awkward male nakedness/sexuality feel flat for me constantly! Sorry.
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