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3.86 AVERAGE
3.86 AVERAGE
DNF’d at 15%.
I love Norm, but this read more like a bad acid trip than a memoir. I couldn’t follow it, and didn’t have a clue what was going on.
I love Norm, but this read more like a bad acid trip than a memoir. I couldn’t follow it, and didn’t have a clue what was going on.
Obviously this was a spoof, which was disappointing to me personally. It started out ok, but then just got ridiculous. I always enjoyed Norm on SNL and loved his dry sense of humor, but this just sucked. Joking about prison rape, transphobia, and drug use isn't my thing. Maybe I don't have a sense of humor, but this was truly disappointing.
funny
informative
lighthearted
reflective
sad
fast-paced
I received this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Honestly, I skimmed about 80% of this. I got tired of reading about gambling and injecting morphine. What a sad life. I'm disappointed. I expected more.
challenging
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
A tiny bit about SNL, a lot of hooey about Adam Eget. Idiosyncratic, and a fine document of Norm's humour. Or so the Germans would have us believe.
you MUST listen to the audiobook. norm, along with his greatest talk show companion, conan, formed my comedic sense in high school. as such, it was no surprise that i thoroughly enjoyed this book of quintessential norm quips and meandering recollections. i didn’t want a memoir so much as i wanted norm to tell a convoluted story only to hint at his own journey, and that’s exactly what i got. i’m marking it down a bit due to two unnecessary—albeit very much of-an-era—jokes that i didn’t care for, but most of my deductions are for some hitches in the narrative. if you love norm like i do, give it a listen — there are some smarter writers online who have covered the aforementioned jokes, too, if that interests you
When it's funny--well, the book concept is funny enough--it's tear-inducing. When it isn't, you are stoically transfixed, as if you've just learned a sex offender moved in next door. BUT--highly recommended nonetheless. Didja know he did a prison stint? ;)
This book is a crazy trip. Do not read it if you'd like an autobiography of Norm Macdonald. Do read if you would like to only gradually become somewhat aware of what made him such a daring comedian. Long meandering stories that seem to have sprung from some semblance of reality leave you guessing as they become surreal Kafkaesque nosedives into Norm's brain. This book is difficult. Not unlike Norm himself, it would appear.