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3.97 AVERAGE
3.97 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
funny
fast-paced
For someone who enjoy beers and other alcoholic drinks the most, i truly savor this book. kinda reflective.
so, when it comes down to a sort of addiction: suck it up to medium, because when you have it more than medium-level you will have none
so, when it comes down to a sort of addiction: suck it up to medium, because when you have it more than medium-level you will have none
I never though a book about addiction would be something I’d enjoy and I certainly didn’t think it would be funny but in Dry Augusten Burroughs really humanises his experience of alcoholism as well as providing insights into the lives of countless other people battling their own traumas. Through his perspective, it’s suddenly so clear how denial works and how every part of your life becomes consumed through addiction. It also stresses the importance of friendships and surrounding yourself with a network of people who are good for you, how hard it is to cut out those who are toxic and how much harder it is to lose the ones that mean the most.
He is just a smart and witty writer. Keep thinking he is going to run out of horrific and crazy life stories to share and then another book comes out. I appreciate his wit and irony.
If you enjoy Running with Scissors (or if you'd like to sample Burroughs' writing without all the pesky child molestation of Running), this is the saga of his alcoholic twenties and his adventures in rehab. Some of the funniest passages, though, are about his career in advertising.
Funny memoir regarding alcoholism but I found some of his analogies really strange.
Listened to this in the car with Dan. This chronicle of Burroughs' last years of active addiction is really interesting, but it's also skin-crawlingly hideous in part. Some of the details are entirely sordid and irredeemably sad. I felt sorry for his friends, mostly. Burroughs is a good narrator, though he's got a few odd affectations of pronunciation that were distracting.
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
fast-paced
Some of the most deft writing about alcoholism I've ever read and one of the most impactful memoirs. Could not put it down. Can't wait to read more of his books
Dry by Augusten Burroughs is such a good read. One thing I loved was that while still an engaging, moving and personal memoir Dry was really different from Running With Scissors. Dry is a more introspective and deep look at how his unusual life affected him. But in a sense it has nothing to do with his past, he never really blamed all of the people in his life, but took on the responsibility himself. While the tone is different, Dry flows just as smoothly writing wise, if not smoother then running. It also tugs at the emotions more, I cried a few times (this could also be because I had just read The Fault in Our Stars and these deal with some similar issues). I found moments where I was cheering him on and moments where I wanted to yell out loud at his choices. I speed through this book in fascination just wanting to know what would happen next! I love that Burroughs tells the whole story, be it he or another person will look good, or bad.
A similar cast of well wrought people populating a slightly off kilter world, Burroughs has fully won me over. Dry is another eye opening, hold-nothing-back memoir.
A similar cast of well wrought people populating a slightly off kilter world, Burroughs has fully won me over. Dry is another eye opening, hold-nothing-back memoir.
Augusten Burroughs has a very funny and sarcastic narrative presence that makes his books simply a pleasure to read. Its puts a humorous spin on real life experiences without turning away from the seriousness of them at all.