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3.37 AVERAGE
3.37 AVERAGE
I love Gary’s insta account and was hoping this book would be equally hilarious. Was a little disappointed, it was funny in parts, but also petty in a tedious way in many parts. He’s no match for David Sedaris.
I think I would have given this 3 or even 4 stars if I hadn’t listened to the audiobook.
funny
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
It was a fun and easy read. I found myself nodding along, giggling and crying throughout. I hope he continues to write about his life as this book focused mostly on his childhood, teens and early adulthood. The way he portrays his experience with the AIDS pandemic at the end of the book took me by surprise in the best possible way.
To me, this is somewhat of a disappointment. I was expecting something along the lines of David Sedaris and this was not it. While the sexcapades of the ultra-wealthy white men are not my form of entertainment it felt like a poorly executed first run-through of a one-person show.
I love a good rant, but I don't want to get bored in the middle. I'm sure there are some cisgender gay men who can relate heavily to these experiences (my guess is mostly wealthy and white gays) but to me, it felt like a little yawn.
I love a good rant, but I don't want to get bored in the middle. I'm sure there are some cisgender gay men who can relate heavily to these experiences (my guess is mostly wealthy and white gays) but to me, it felt like a little yawn.
It is impossible to read this book and not draw comparisons between Janetti and [a:David Sedaris|2849|David Sedaris|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1213737698p2/2849.jpg]. The obvious reasons are that they are both snarky, had various odd jobs in their youths before making it as writers and write of coming to terms with their identities as gay men. But beyond that, their writing has a sort of melancholy/loneliness, even when it is laugh-out-loud funny (and I certainly did laugh out loud - particularly over the chapter describing Jannetti's experience as a Bennigan's waiter.) It should be no surprise that, as a Sedaris super fan, I really liked this book.
Guessing this wouldn’t have held my interest as well in print as it did on audio. It was an enjoyable listen.
I picked this up because I only saw the title "Do you Mind If I Cancel" and was like oh cool a story about an introvert or something but I was quite wrong. If someone told me this was a memoir similar to David Sedaris I would've flung this book away from me and run away. It's not bad though, I've never actually heard of Gary Janetti and he has some funny moments so I didn't mind the read.