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bookishlifeofbrie's review
4.0
If you’re a fan of Seth Rogan and plan to read this book, then do yourself a favour and be sure to listen to the audio version! Seth is a fantastic narrator and storyteller and I think his stories are that much more funny with him reading them. This was laugh out loud funny at times and I just love Seth’s honesty and no filter commentary. The audio overlays and clips make this an audiobook masterpiece!
readby_rach's review
3.0
Yearbook was very enjoyable as a road trip audiobook, and I was hooked enough to finish the last hour and a half once I had returned home from vacay. As far as celebrity memoirs go, it’s not my favorite but, like I said, a great way to pass hours in a car. I enjoyed Rogen’s narration, and the guest stars as voices of his friends and other narrative characters. Overall, the stories Roger decided to tell seemed disjointed and unrelated, and I could have done with fewer drug-related stories (and treatises how great drugs are), but I did truly appreciate the times when Rogen got serious and sincere. It was very interesting to hear his perspective on The Interview, and celebrities encountering other celebrities are always funny stories, but hearing him retell the shenanigans from his childhood were my favorite.
aubreyiously's review
3.0
2.5 - picked this up because everything I wanted was on hold. Had some interesting stories but overall was bored.
bootman's review
5.0
I’ll start out by saying that I love Seth Rogan and think he’s managed to keep his raunchy humor while walking the fine line of changing times. It’s difficult for comedians to navigate the outrage of today, but Seth does well and is pretty cool on social issues. With that said, I can’t even put into words how much I disliked this book. As an audio listener, I was pretty happy because Seth narrated it as well, but this book just wasn’t great and was oddly annoying.
Why the harsh review? Imagine everything you love about Seth Rogan’s style of humor. Now remove it and have Seth write a book. That’s what this felt like. It was so strange reading this book. If you’ve watched his movies, they’re filled with dick and fart jokes, and insane sex jokes and dirty humor. In this book, Seth can’t even mention pornography without giving a disclaimer that he’s going to do his best not to be too graphic. It’s like he was being held at gunpoint by someone while writing this. And it’s not like I’m sitting here praying for Seth to discuss graphic sex in the book, I’m only saying this because that’s kind of the tone of the book throughout.
The first half of the book is stories from Seth’s teen years, and I feel like they could have been way funnier if he didn’t opt for this weird tone throughout the book. I don’t even know why I said it could have been “funniER” because it wasn’t that funny at all. It just seemed like typical teenager antics. While it was interesting learning a little more about Seth, I enjoyed the second half of the book more with some stories about his experience in the industry like meeting with Nicholas Cage or what was happening when The Interview came out.
I would say that Seth Rogan fans will be really disappointed by this book, but it has 4.5 stars on Amazon. So, maybe I’m just an idiot. But at the end of the day, I still love Seth. I just wasn’t a fan of this book.
Why the harsh review? Imagine everything you love about Seth Rogan’s style of humor. Now remove it and have Seth write a book. That’s what this felt like. It was so strange reading this book. If you’ve watched his movies, they’re filled with dick and fart jokes, and insane sex jokes and dirty humor. In this book, Seth can’t even mention pornography without giving a disclaimer that he’s going to do his best not to be too graphic. It’s like he was being held at gunpoint by someone while writing this. And it’s not like I’m sitting here praying for Seth to discuss graphic sex in the book, I’m only saying this because that’s kind of the tone of the book throughout.
The first half of the book is stories from Seth’s teen years, and I feel like they could have been way funnier if he didn’t opt for this weird tone throughout the book. I don’t even know why I said it could have been “funniER” because it wasn’t that funny at all. It just seemed like typical teenager antics. While it was interesting learning a little more about Seth, I enjoyed the second half of the book more with some stories about his experience in the industry like meeting with Nicholas Cage or what was happening when The Interview came out.
I would say that Seth Rogan fans will be really disappointed by this book, but it has 4.5 stars on Amazon. So, maybe I’m just an idiot. But at the end of the day, I still love Seth. I just wasn’t a fan of this book.
molly_dettmann's review
4.0
There were some real LOL moments in this one and I could hear Rogan’s voice and laugh in my head as I read it. A solid comedic actor memoir with a nice mix of funny childhood stories and entertainment life stories.
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