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alex_to's review against another edition
4.0
I ended up buying Chipotle Tabasco hot sauce because of this book of essays.
sam_griffin's review against another edition
5.0
Maybe 4.5/5, but I want to be his friend in real life, so 5/5.
milliebrierley's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Grief
Moderate: Addiction and Alcoholism
jenniferforjoy's review against another edition
2.0
There were good moments, and they were bad moments, and ultimately I probably should have trusted my judgment of the cover. It was okay, even excellent at first, but a little before halfway I realized it all felt very repetitive and gross and male in the worst ways.
Maybe it's in part because I read straight through and they weren't small excerpts as they would have been when presented in Vice originally, but his style of storytelling got tedious. There were many techniques noticeably repeated when read straight through (two. What is dude's obsession with two???).
But mostly it was the meandering style of the telling. The tangents and the weird bullshit that, as he does sometimes acknowledge, felt like what a 15-year-old boy would talk about the first time he was "drunk" off half a beer.
Maybe it's in part because I read straight through and they weren't small excerpts as they would have been when presented in Vice originally, but his style of storytelling got tedious. There were many techniques noticeably repeated when read straight through (two. What is dude's obsession with two???).
But mostly it was the meandering style of the telling. The tangents and the weird bullshit that, as he does sometimes acknowledge, felt like what a 15-year-old boy would talk about the first time he was "drunk" off half a beer.
lenin_lover_69's review against another edition
2.0
I really thought I was going to like a bunch of essays written by Golby and then I saw that caitlin Moran and russell brand had commentary printed on the dust jacket and I was like oh no but then I saw sharon horgan and was like oh ok and then (and this is properly on me) realised he writes for vice and that probably set the tone for me reading this and thinking like even a self-aware reasonably woke lad is still a lad and I found it hard to muster much enthusiasm from there on in. He is the type of writer I fear I would be which is that you just want them to write about heavy miserable shit without using self deprecating humour so liberally like I genuinely loved the writing on his dead parents because that is so interesting to me. But just like idk lads writing about liking fucking to me is just a bit grim and I dont want to read about you liking fucking in terms of ironically writing an essay on how unhorny a sex doll makes you!! Dont pointedly use the word sex worker in one essay then use p********* 2 essays later it makes u seem really surface level woke and like I got sucked into this woke guy nonsense like a real chump.
mariakaned's review against another edition
3.0
I really enjoyed reading this but the only negative is something another reviewer already highlighted:
"These are the kind of essays you may find funny if you know Golby personally." He's funny and has a few hot takes.
"These are the kind of essays you may find funny if you know Golby personally." He's funny and has a few hot takes.