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3.86 AVERAGE
3.86 AVERAGE
A bizarre book, but easily the best one-star story I ever did read.
I feel this was a joke I didn't understand. I need to watch more Norm and then re-read.
Two and a half is probably more accurate. Really funny in some parts, kinda funny in others, and super-transphobic in others. So, yeah. Wouldn't be a waste of your time if you're a fan.
This book was weird, nonsensical, and I'm not sure how it was branded as a memoir since none of it seemed true. I think this was a BookRiot recommendation because I don't even really know who Norm MacDonald is. Who he is in this book is selfish, unintelligent, and annoying. I can't recall anything about this book making me laugh and I probably should have DNFed it but I kept hoping it would get better. It didn't. This is mostly full of recreational drug use, gambling, and stories of failure.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
challenging
funny
inspiring
fast-paced
Leave it to comedy's greatest troll to write a Pultizer nominated book about his adventures from podunk Canda to Heaven's pearly gated. These "based-on-a-true-story" tales are as tall as they are wide with sardonic, blasphemous, absurdist humor, all laced with the sweet trollish fragrency only Norm can release.
Half the charm of Norm is just his irreverence for his audience. And the gentle eared among us will likely have a hard time with this one. It's not just his sidekick Adam Egot, who is bent into a dimwitted, mornonic cuckold; it's all of us really. Some of the ignominious stories here are flat out disturbing, and are generally centered in some backwoods cabin or prison cell.
But when Norm hits those sonorous notes, generally of the absurd nature, what is there not to love. Setting the record straight on OJ, a magic nickel in the hands of a fool, a revelation from God..these are just some of the wonderful moments of the book.
And if you're into Norm's Podcast, a podcast that is rarely updated, but contains some of the funniest audio i've heard, i'd recommend checking out this book in audio. What is there to learn from the luckiest Canock to ever grace the dingy nightclubs of America? Well not much. Except that there's always luck in this world, and those shiny red dice can make a man feel the heights of glory, before they land on the green felt. And when they do land, and you lose it all, there's always a spot under the Queensboro Bridge to make $15, and do it all again.
Norm's Biggest Fan,
Frank Stallone
Half the charm of Norm is just his irreverence for his audience. And the gentle eared among us will likely have a hard time with this one. It's not just his sidekick Adam Egot, who is bent into a dimwitted, mornonic cuckold; it's all of us really. Some of the ignominious stories here are flat out disturbing, and are generally centered in some backwoods cabin or prison cell.
But when Norm hits those sonorous notes, generally of the absurd nature, what is there not to love. Setting the record straight on OJ, a magic nickel in the hands of a fool, a revelation from God..these are just some of the wonderful moments of the book.
And if you're into Norm's Podcast, a podcast that is rarely updated, but contains some of the funniest audio i've heard, i'd recommend checking out this book in audio. What is there to learn from the luckiest Canock to ever grace the dingy nightclubs of America? Well not much. Except that there's always luck in this world, and those shiny red dice can make a man feel the heights of glory, before they land on the green felt. And when they do land, and you lose it all, there's always a spot under the Queensboro Bridge to make $15, and do it all again.
Norm's Biggest Fan,
Frank Stallone
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Much better than most comedian turned author books. MacDonald has a definite voice and writes quite well. His fictionalized version of his career was very entertaining. However, I found the pure fiction story thread that strung the book together started strong but petered out halfway through. Still very much worth the read.