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3.49 AVERAGE
3.49 AVERAGE
Hilarious! I loved that it was so raw and real and unforgiving. Michael Lewis really depicted his day-to-day with his children and some parts left me laughing aloud and re-reading them to my boyfriend.
This isn't really a book, or at least it's not a well-formed thesis told through a fascinating narrative like Moneyball or The Blind Side. But as a short collection of essays, it's mostly fine. The Prologue story that "didn't make the cut" might've been the funniest thing in here. Anything Lewis writes is going to be good, and most of it will be great. This was only good.
Hilarious. I used to read his Salon column and many of the essays in the book are taken from that column but encountering them for the second time does absolutely nothing to diminish them.
If you are a parent definitely give this a read because you will laugh so hard you cry. And it will probably make you feel good about your kids too because, really how many of us have three year old daughters who scream at a resort pool: "Teasing Boys! Mother fucker!" (There's more, but I don't want to spoil it.)?
If you are a parent definitely give this a read because you will laugh so hard you cry. And it will probably make you feel good about your kids too because, really how many of us have three year old daughters who scream at a resort pool: "Teasing Boys! Mother fucker!" (There's more, but I don't want to spoil it.)?
Wow, this guy is dumber than his children's names, which is quite a feat ("Quinn Tallulah Lewis''? Seriously?).
funny
hopeful
fast-paced
I was rubbed the wrong way at first by what seemed like a chauvinistic attitude towards fatherhood. The tone grew far more innocent though, and there were some great parenting stories that any father could relate to and appreciate (Lewis' choice of "incidents" were fresh and gripping).
Wow, this guy is dumber than his children's names, which is quite a feat ("Quinn Tallulah Lewis''? Seriously?).
Lewis is a little cynical at times, but I enjoyed getting a glimpse into his mind at different stages of parenthood. I would've given it five stars, but at times it's obvious this is a collection of one-off essays that weren't purposely written as a collection.