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scholarsmuse's review against another edition
4.0
I don't understand why people criticize Burroughs for thinking his father was evil. Why do readers want his father to be more abusive than he was? I also don't understand why readers question the accuracy of Burroughs' memories.
kharmar77's review against another edition
5.0
I love this writer. I love the perspective.. What you are thinking inside but to afraid to voice..
and the many aspects of people you know and love, that no one else ever sees..
so true! and relevant..
and the many aspects of people you know and love, that no one else ever sees..
so true! and relevant..
howifeelaboutbooks's review against another edition
2.0
An in-depth look at Augusten Burroughs' relationship with his father, from childhood to his teenage years. It's not quite as disturbing as Running With Scissors, but of course much darker than his humorous essay collections. It's well-written, but I didn't find it especially engaging.
jaxkep's review against another edition
4.0
It's kind of nuts the live that Burroughs has gone through. His dad sounds absolutely horrific and there is little resolution in the end.
jentastic76's review against another edition
2.0
I've read Running With Scissors and Dry already. If I'd read this first it may have made the other two books (especially Dry) more tragic. Reading it at the end of the series though isn't the best way to read them, even though that's the order they were written in. There's no denying that Augusten had a horrible childhood and due to that a rather difficult early adulthood. The other two books had more distance to them, or perspective. He looked back on the experiences with a little bit of humor and a dry wit that made it all easier to read about. This was just horrifying tale after horrifying tale of his father's abuse of his family. There's no denying he was terrified of him and that terror rings through in every page so it's not the easiest book to read. I had to take a number of breaks and read other books just to be able to finish it.