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3.68 AVERAGE
3.68 AVERAGE
funny
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
Though We Should Hang Out Sometime is kind of a ripoff of John Green's An Abundance of Katherines and Nick Hornby's High Fidelity, it's still quite good-- and uniquely-- it's true. Combining the romance-mathematics of Katherines with the contacting and revisitation aspect of High Fidelity, Josh Sundquist provides a charming reflection on his past romantic attempts. Eventually, Sundquist comes to the conclusion that the underlying issue has always been his relationship with himself rather than the way he interacts with others. While it's a cheesy overall message, it's one that we don't often take to heart. Filled with humorous charts and stories that fans might recognize from his talks and standup performances, We Should Hang Out Sometime is worth the read.
P.S. Josh's first real girlfriend (as mentioned in the last chapter) is now his wife. Adorable.
P.S. Josh's first real girlfriend (as mentioned in the last chapter) is now his wife. Adorable.
Picked this book up because the cover seemed cute and fun, put this book down by page 241 out of sheer embarrassment that a person would write something like this. The author goes on a 300+ page journey to figure out why he's never had a girlfriend, I figured out before page 100. This book is 326 pages of "oh woe is me, no girl has liked me despite the fact that i'm a creepy, stalking, obsessive, misogynist." Save yourself the read and the money.
This was funny and cute. As a childhood cancer patient, Josh lost his leg. Other than being an amputee, he was a normal dude but for some reason, well in to his 20's he had never had a girlfriend. In this book he examines each relationship and then follows up with each girl to see if he can get her side of the story. A really enjoyable read.
Relationships and near-miss relationships are a struggle for everyone. This book shows us Josh's true stories of relationships gone wrong and relationships that could have happened but didn't. Josh goes in search of the answers to his burning questions and interviews his past "loves". The reader gets the entire journey of each relationship from start to reflection finish. Mostly what stood out to me is that my readers will connect with the self perceived goofiness and the insecurities of Josh's experiences and will appreciate his candid insights into relationships and life.
A funny, awkward, and sweet account of a young man's many failed attempts at a relationship of true love.
I would probably give it a 3.5, but I will round up. I enjoyed it, but didn't love it.
Actual rating: 3.5 stars
I really enjoyed the format of the book and the voice. It was such an easy read and it was very comical. It wasn't a typical read for me though and I am not sure that I would read it again. It's really more of a memoir and that is fine.
The book goes through different almost-girlfriends of Josh Sundquist, a cancer survivor and amputee. He goes over their encounters and then meets up with them years later as an adult to find out what went wrong. In the end, he learns that it was him who had flubbed all these almost-relationships up. The ending came a lot faster than I expected and I wasn't really big on the "resolution".
But again, it was a pretty decent read and I did like it. It just wasn't something that I would read more than once and memoirs aren't always my favorite type of read.
I really enjoyed the format of the book and the voice. It was such an easy read and it was very comical. It wasn't a typical read for me though and I am not sure that I would read it again. It's really more of a memoir and that is fine.
The book goes through different almost-girlfriends of Josh Sundquist, a cancer survivor and amputee. He goes over their encounters and then meets up with them years later as an adult to find out what went wrong. In the end, he learns that it was him who had flubbed all these almost-relationships up. The ending came a lot faster than I expected and I wasn't really big on the "resolution".
But again, it was a pretty decent read and I did like it. It just wasn't something that I would read more than once and memoirs aren't always my favorite type of read.
I have been a fan of Josh Sundquist for quite a few years now. He first appeared on my radar when one of his Halloween post popped up on my Facebook feed and I immediately Googled him. When I saw he had a memoir, I put it on my TBR and went on my merry way. It wasn’t until last night when I started watching Best Foot Forward (an Apple TV show based on Josh’s original memoir) that I realized this one is a secondary book. His first book will be my next listen.
We Should Hang Out Sometime is a coming of age autobiographical account of Josh’s dating life (or rather the lack of dating in his life) from the time he was 13 up until he met the woman who he married. In it he recounts all of the girls/women he ever liked and goes into embarrassingly deep detail as to how the relationship failed. Each relationship is posed as a scientific problem and ends with him talking to each woman separately to see why the relationship didn’t work out. He ultimately comes to a single conclusion, which is not only eye opening for him, but to the reader as well.
Mr. Sundquist is a motivational speaker and this book easily demonstrates how wonderful he is at not just speaking, but also relating to the majority of people.
We Should Hang Out Sometime is a coming of age autobiographical account of Josh’s dating life (or rather the lack of dating in his life) from the time he was 13 up until he met the woman who he married. In it he recounts all of the girls/women he ever liked and goes into embarrassingly deep detail as to how the relationship failed. Each relationship is posed as a scientific problem and ends with him talking to each woman separately to see why the relationship didn’t work out. He ultimately comes to a single conclusion, which is not only eye opening for him, but to the reader as well.
Mr. Sundquist is a motivational speaker and this book easily demonstrates how wonderful he is at not just speaking, but also relating to the majority of people.
While this book was humorous with examples and charts, it got repetitive. It was a very quick read, something fun and easy. I would recommend it to others at least to read pieces of it, because at it's best, this book is laugh out loud!
Really more towards 4 stars than 3 stars, but not close enough to give it a 4 star rating. This was a quick read; pretty light, mildly funny, just enough to help ease me back into reading. On to something a little heavier next!