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3.86 AVERAGE
3.86 AVERAGE
The book reads just like if you were listening to Norm Macdonald spin a tale to you. The book is always funny, drags a little bit about 3/4 of the way through, but then picks up again for a really good and reflective ending.
funny
reflective
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Macdonald’s recent passing reminded me that I hadn’t gotten around to reading this yet. He’s always been one of my favorite comedians; the contrast of his usual deadpan sarcasm with his occasional wanderings into flowing literary brilliance makes me his perfect audience. The connected collection of stories in this “memoir” aren’t exactly true. Macdonald starts each tale with honest autobiographical elements but quickly veers off into embellishments and absurdities, all to serve the need to craft a compelling story. And many of these stories are imbued with a poetic poignancy that may come unexpected from a comic’s set of anecdotes. There are moments where Macdonald’s dark irony interrupts an otherwise heart-rending story, which, in double irony, provokes an even deeper thematic solemnity. Macdonald has a real knack for spinning tonally complex yarns that are simultaneously absurdly hilarious and truthfully disturbing. RIP Turd Ferguson
dark
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Wonderful! Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful, wonderful, wonderful!
It took me far too long to realize that this was a fake memoir, which, in hindsight, should have been evident from the title alone. I really enjoyed a few parts of the book (namely the beginning and the ending) but it got a bit too ridiculous for me at times. If I was a bigger Norm fan I might have enjoyed it more, but it is what it is.
“The only thing an old man can tell a young man is that it goes fast, real fast, and if you’re not careful it’s too late. Of course, the young man will never understand this truth.”
“The only thing an old man can tell a young man is that it goes fast, real fast, and if you’re not careful it’s too late. Of course, the young man will never understand this truth.”
funny
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Norm es un genio. No me refiero a “es un genio porque no le entiendes como yo que soy un mamador que toma vino tinto y le llama TAPAS a las botanas”. Un verdadero genio de la risa. La magia de Norm recae en que siempre se muestra ingenuo y lleno de autodesprecio, pero en el fondo, todo está fríamente calculado.
No les quiero spoilear el viajesote que es este libro, pero sin duda de mis favoritos en la categoría “libros chistosos”. La vida de Norm Macdonald se mezcla con ficción para crear una especie de Realismo Mágico gabacho que, si decides entrarle al juego mientras lo lees, te va a sacar un chingo de risas.
Cuando narra sus apuestas, recuerda a Dostoievsky. Cuando le ocurren desgracias inimaginables, a Kafka. Cuando viajamos con él por el decadente Estados Unidos, a Hunter S. Thompson. Y cuando nos hace reír, sin duda nos recuerda al gran Norm Macdonald.
No les quiero spoilear el viajesote que es este libro, pero sin duda de mis favoritos en la categoría “libros chistosos”. La vida de Norm Macdonald se mezcla con ficción para crear una especie de Realismo Mágico gabacho que, si decides entrarle al juego mientras lo lees, te va a sacar un chingo de risas.
Cuando narra sus apuestas, recuerda a Dostoievsky. Cuando le ocurren desgracias inimaginables, a Kafka. Cuando viajamos con él por el decadente Estados Unidos, a Hunter S. Thompson. Y cuando nos hace reír, sin duda nos recuerda al gran Norm Macdonald.