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deepbutdazzlingdarkness's review against another edition
4.0
“Tommy’s favorite American holiday was Thanksgiving, but he didn’t just celebrate Thanksgiving Day. He celebrated Thanksgiving Month, eating a full turkey dinner every day for the next thirty days. I once asked him about this. His explanation: “We live in America. Anything is possible. I love living American life.”
One of the funniest paragraphs I’ve ever read in my life. This book is so good and hilarious.
One of the funniest paragraphs I’ve ever read in my life. This book is so good and hilarious.
dhrvtika's review against another edition
4.5
The only thing more baffling about watching the room and wondering how it got made, is reading this book and still wondering how any of this happened
mcc's review against another edition
2.5
I chose this book because I wanted something lighthearted and many people said it was very funny. Well...I wasn't able to find the humor in it. I went through a whole range of emotions about this guy writing a book all about his "best friend" who is obsessed with secrecy about his life. I assumed they had ultimately had a falling out so was shocked to find that they still claim to be best friends to current day which just adds a lot to the fascinating complexity of the relationship between these two men. THAT is the real interesting story of this book.
I appreciate that Sistero wrote this book with some compassion, asking the right questions about what happened in Tommy Wiseau's past to make him the person he became, and I think he is probably right about the fact that a lot of it was trauma informed. Which is why I felt really bad and guilty listening to this account of "Hey, what a weirdo - right!?". I was glad he took it to another level rather than just poking fun at him (hence I threw in that extra half star), but it was still just super weird to be consuming this man's story told by someone else without it being clear whether or not he endorsed or gave consent to have this story told.
I appreciate that Sistero wrote this book with some compassion, asking the right questions about what happened in Tommy Wiseau's past to make him the person he became, and I think he is probably right about the fact that a lot of it was trauma informed. Which is why I felt really bad and guilty listening to this account of "Hey, what a weirdo - right!?". I was glad he took it to another level rather than just poking fun at him (hence I threw in that extra half star), but it was still just super weird to be consuming this man's story told by someone else without it being clear whether or not he endorsed or gave consent to have this story told.
mikewardevrybdy's review against another edition
5.0
This is a 1000 x better than The Disaster Artist. Franco skipped over so much and to me didn’t come close to capturing Tommy the way this book does.
mightyjor's review against another edition
3.0
Ok so I’m not a cult follower of The Room or anything, so about half of this book isn’t meant for me. I really love the sections where you follow the author as he’s trying to deal with basically an insane visionary. The other half of it is a play by play behind the scenes of how the movie was made. Some of the chapters are interesting, but I think most of them are for the die hard fans who recognize every tiny detail from the movie, which I really don’t. Still a fun read though