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eandrews80's review against another edition
5.0
Along with Superstud, one of the funniest books I've ever read. This one is a little less blush-worthy, if you want to give it away as a gift or read it in public without feeling dirty. I made the mistake of reading this on the CTA and had to constantly shut the book to calm myself down, I was laughing so hard.
kmatthes's review against another edition
3.0
I liked the book, but didn't really connect with it the way I did with Mindy Kaling's, which is written in the same manner. I think boys/men would really enjoy this book. Especially if they hated gym class. :)
jamieshell's review against another edition
5.0
This is at least my third time reading this book. If you liked Freaks & Geeks, and/or were a nerdy teenager yourself, you will love this book. At turns absolutely hilarious, completely cringe-worthy, and touchingly relatable.
allysonjacob's review against another edition
3.0
Oh Paul! Thank goodness life has gotten better for you.
It was interesting to read about unrequited preteen angsty love from the male point of view, since I only ever had the female point of view.
It was interesting to read about unrequited preteen angsty love from the male point of view, since I only ever had the female point of view.
juliacpalmer's review against another edition
3.0
A fun read, full of short stories by a talented comedy writer. I enjoyed this book and (most of) the stories of Paul Feig's adolescence. I think it's best to not read this book exclusively from start to finish. Reading one short story after another of someone's childhood can get tedious, so to get the most out of the writing, only pick it up when you're in the mood for a light-hearted comedic short.
amesjo's review against another edition
1.0
This book was really boring to me. None of the stories told were anything out of the ordinary or exciting. The first french kiss story sorta made me laugh/cringe, but otherwise, eh. If I wasn't such a glutton for punishment and have to finish what I start, I probably would've set this book down and moved to the next one early on.
glitterandtwang's review against another edition
5.0
I had no idea that the experiences in Freaks and Geeks were so heavily borrowed from Feig's own life -- not the precise events themselves, but approximations. That distinct, particular awkwardness and horror of being a teenager pervades these essays the same way it does the series. Sweet, hilarious, and a little sad.
mildlyjulie's review against another edition
4.0
I read this in 2005 and don't remember much of the details, only that I kept laughing out loud, and drawing looks from strangers.
jkinla's review against another edition
4.0
SO SO FUNNY. I have heard that it made other readers so uncomfortable that they couldn't enjoy it, but I just laughed til there were tears in my eyes. The author (creator of Freaks and Geeks and a writer on Arrested Development) tells every awful, awkward story of his adolescence in all its details. You will laugh so hard, I guarantee.
satyridae's review
3.0
This memoir is really more of a series of grueling anecdotes from a tortured preadolescence & early adolescence. They are the sorts of stories that bring back all the worst parts of being a kid, stories that made my skin crawl. Some of them were almost funny, in a horrifying fashion. Feig's a pretty good writer, a master of self-deprecation, and one of those people who remembers all the things one does well to forget about being a kid.
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