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librarymouse's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
medium-paced
3.75
I remember having loved this book the first time I read it in high school. As an adult, I was kind of disgusted with through the author was, as depicted in these memoir essays. The interview after the book (audiobook) is a massive boon to the author, because it seems like he's disgusted with who he was at this point too. Not a fan of the volume of slurs used in this, but it is true to life of an alcoholic in New York in the 80s and 90s, I guess.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Terminal illness, Suicide, Grief, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Alcoholism, Dysphoria, Sexual content, Addiction, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Ableism, Alcohol, Animal death, and Death
Moderate: Child abuse
Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Homophobia
grboph's review against another edition
dark
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
2.0
I'm not sure how I felt about this book. It was fine to read over breaks from school, and I liked that it was a bunch of different, easily digestible stories that were quirky and occasionally entertaining. However, some of them were kind of boring and none of them were as funny as I had anticipated (or as the book itself advertised). I feel like a lot of the "humor" came from making fun of people, which often crossed over into just being cruel, which I really did not like. I read Dry and Running with Scissors and enjoyed both of those, but this was definitely not on that same level of entertainment or heart. I don't think I'd recommend this book to anyone, to be entirely honest, just because Augusten Burroughs has much better books out there.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Fatphobia, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Ableism, Mental illness, and Transphobia
Moderate: Racism, Medical content, Addiction, Drug use, Dysphoria, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Classism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Body shaming
Minor: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, and Adult/minor relationship
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