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bookstorian's review
2.5
I picked up and put this read down a few times. I was equal parts interested in the subject matter, tripping on the elaborate use of language and exhausted by the lack of humanity at times from the author.
This book certainly made me think about the transient nature of a servo, the inner battles people face and how Australians culturally treat others in retail. In addition, I pondered if I am the ideal servo customer.
I think as a whole this read wasn't for me, while I appreciate the sentiment behind the creation of the memoir I did skip chunks of it to get to the end. I've heard it said before that people's dreams and drug stories are really only fascinating to them and so many parts of the book reflect this.
Thank you to Hachette Australia for the gifted copy.
"I've discovered you can tell a lot about a person by the way they treat a retail worker. I've found that, generally, if they bother to offer a greeting and actually engage their facial muscles in some fashion, then they're probably an okay person." pg281.
This book certainly made me think about the transient nature of a servo, the inner battles people face and how Australians culturally treat others in retail. In addition, I pondered if I am the ideal servo customer.
I think as a whole this read wasn't for me, while I appreciate the sentiment behind the creation of the memoir I did skip chunks of it to get to the end. I've heard it said before that people's dreams and drug stories are really only fascinating to them and so many parts of the book reflect this.
Thank you to Hachette Australia for the gifted copy.
"I've discovered you can tell a lot about a person by the way they treat a retail worker. I've found that, generally, if they bother to offer a greeting and actually engage their facial muscles in some fashion, then they're probably an okay person." pg281.
bookb1itch's review against another edition
I love the concept of this book and found Goodwin's writing amusing. However, at times it was VERY over-written and also, many of the stories made goody-goody me very uncomfortable, almost scared. There are too many books on my TBR pile that I am keen for at the moment.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcohol, Cursing, and Addiction