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A review by rickwren
Sh*t My Dad Says by Justin Halpern
4.0
I laughed. Out loud. While listening to the audiobook in my client's home. I'm going along, cleaning the windows and laughter burst forth. She looked at me like I was a crazy person.
. . .
I'm not. I'm sane.
Just stop.
Okay, it's funny. Laugh out loud funny. And I know it's about a guy who yelled profanities at his kid but at the end of the day he has a heart of gold and all that jazz. But, maybe not hiding your feelings or your humour or your vulgarities is a better way of honestly being than living down to expectations.
Then I made the mistake of reading other reviews. You know, sometimes this shit I pour over the page doesn't come easily and I need crib notes. Yeah, you people suck.
Everyone includes funny quotes from the book. Not because they need to in order to tell how the book affected them, but because it was easy to google-copy-paste and make their reviews longer. Quit cheating people. Okay, it's true, I was going to do the same thing until I saw that everyone else had done it.
"It's just a cash grab" . . .
Well no shit. Of course it is and good for him. He creates a wildly popular twitter and then cashes in on it and gets to live quite well for a decade. I'd do the same fucking thing. Give me a break. Writing for altruistic purposes creates homelessness, pal.
"It's mean to talk to a child like that." "It can be scarring."
Yup, we all have daddy issues. I'll trade with Halpern any day. Go back to worrying about something important will you. Don't pick up satire if you want self-help.
"I wanted this to be funnier."
Don't we all? Fuck, I want everything on the planet to be funnier, but sometimes we get reality in with our humor and it sobers us . . . yup, that's called life.
Alright I'm done.
But I'd read another one by Justin, or by his dad.
. . .
I'm not. I'm sane.
Just stop.
Okay, it's funny. Laugh out loud funny. And I know it's about a guy who yelled profanities at his kid but at the end of the day he has a heart of gold and all that jazz. But, maybe not hiding your feelings or your humour or your vulgarities is a better way of honestly being than living down to expectations.
Then I made the mistake of reading other reviews. You know, sometimes this shit I pour over the page doesn't come easily and I need crib notes. Yeah, you people suck.
Everyone includes funny quotes from the book. Not because they need to in order to tell how the book affected them, but because it was easy to google-copy-paste and make their reviews longer. Quit cheating people. Okay, it's true, I was going to do the same thing until I saw that everyone else had done it.
"It's just a cash grab" . . .
Well no shit. Of course it is and good for him. He creates a wildly popular twitter and then cashes in on it and gets to live quite well for a decade. I'd do the same fucking thing. Give me a break. Writing for altruistic purposes creates homelessness, pal.
"It's mean to talk to a child like that." "It can be scarring."
Yup, we all have daddy issues. I'll trade with Halpern any day. Go back to worrying about something important will you. Don't pick up satire if you want self-help.
"I wanted this to be funnier."
Don't we all? Fuck, I want everything on the planet to be funnier, but sometimes we get reality in with our humor and it sobers us . . . yup, that's called life.
Alright I'm done.
But I'd read another one by Justin, or by his dad.