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3.86 AVERAGE
3.86 AVERAGE
Very curious, if you read between the lines. I'll always love his comedy, but one wonders if this was someone you'd have wanted to have over at a dinner party.
I wanted to like it more than I did. It's just a bunch of baloney, on purpose. Just okay.
dark
funny
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Not your typical comedian “memoir”. Norm is a mad genius.
A fever dream of a memoir. Was it real, or was it.... Based on a True Story.
dark
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
Being a card carrying member of the Cult of Norm, I had high expectations for this audiobook. Everything Norm Macdonald does is funny, so why wouldn’t his novel follow suit? Well, because it’s not really even trying to be comedic. Sure, some chapters are funny (there are a lot of stories I heard him tell much better on various talk shows), but most of Based on a True Story is a kind of self-aware Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas spoof. I wasn’t amused by any of that.
I would have much preferred the old chunk of coal just read an old joke book instead.
I would have much preferred the old chunk of coal just read an old joke book instead.