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jobustitch's review against another edition
5.0
This book is hilarious! I was laughing out loud at the gym while reading it on the bike, and the guy next to me kept looking at me and then the book in turns. I am passing this on to my friends at work who appreciate this kind of humor. It's hard to put down.
mehsi's review against another edition
3.0
How this book went for me illustrated with stars. First part: 5 stars. Second part: 4 stars. Last part: 3 stars.
Sadly it was just getting boring with each age. I loved the part of his childhood, it made me laugh and it was great. However starting with his teenage and adult phase, it just got boring and more of the same thing. Even the whole story part just didn't interest me and I skipped to the quotes. But even those got a bit boring around the last 2 stories.
What I expected was something totally different. I had expected a book of quotes with some funny pictures. However, we get a story about a certain event happening (going from childhood to adulthood) and then we get a few quotes. The stories were funny, at least the first few, but like I said in the previous paragraph I kind of got bored with them, since they were mostly the same story just wrapped differently.
I did love the dad though. Even though he cursed a bit too much for my liking (especially near children), he has a heart of gold and you can clearly see he really cares about his kids and wife. One thing I didn't expect was that he was a scientist. From all the cursing and how he saw things I expected something different. Don't get me wrong, but in general I don't see scientists or doctors cursing like this or acting like the dad did. It was a bit strange.
All in all, I would recommend this book, just be warned that it a lot of the same thing.
Review first posted at http://twirlingbookprincess.com/
Sadly it was just getting boring with each age. I loved the part of his childhood, it made me laugh and it was great. However starting with his teenage and adult phase, it just got boring and more of the same thing. Even the whole story part just didn't interest me and I skipped to the quotes. But even those got a bit boring around the last 2 stories.
What I expected was something totally different. I had expected a book of quotes with some funny pictures. However, we get a story about a certain event happening (going from childhood to adulthood) and then we get a few quotes. The stories were funny, at least the first few, but like I said in the previous paragraph I kind of got bored with them, since they were mostly the same story just wrapped differently.
I did love the dad though. Even though he cursed a bit too much for my liking (especially near children), he has a heart of gold and you can clearly see he really cares about his kids and wife. One thing I didn't expect was that he was a scientist. From all the cursing and how he saw things I expected something different. Don't get me wrong, but in general I don't see scientists or doctors cursing like this or acting like the dad did. It was a bit strange.
All in all, I would recommend this book, just be warned that it a lot of the same thing.
Review first posted at http://twirlingbookprincess.com/
lpjapican's review against another edition
funny
fast-paced
4.0
This is a reread for me and the sh*t his dad says cracks me up. Their sense of humor and quirkiness reminds me a lot of my own family.
dilchh's review
5.0
There is no better way to say this, but this a great fucking book! I could read this book over and over and over again and I still laugh at every part of this book. And I personally think that Justin's dad was very wise and a great parent in his way.
protoman21's review against another edition
4.0
This wasn't really what I expected it to be, but that isn't completely a bad thing. I thought the book would be closer to a collection of quotes, but what we got was interesting and amusing as well with many anecdotes loosely focused around Halpern's relationship with his dad. I enjoyed the book even though Halpern wasn't always a character I could completely get behind.
avasisx's review against another edition
3.0
Funny book, I thought it was really relatable and funny.