You need to sign in or sign up before continuing.

adventurous dark emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced
tamara_atx's profile picture

tamara_atx's review

4.0
reflective

meiswerth33's review

3.0
funny reflective fast-paced

purplezeeb's review

5.0
funny reflective medium-paced

Part memoir, part tongue in cheek self help book. I really connected with this one! Steve-O is a clown school graduate living in recovery, just like me. He is a stunt artist while I'm a storyteller, and our sobriety stories are very different as well, but I saw a lot of myself in his story and related hard to his outlook on life. Memoir is my most read genre and I especially love reading work by those in recovery-- they instantly feel like family to me.
dark emotional funny fast-paced

My rating is probably a little biased since I was part of the generation that grew up with the jackass franchise. I have very fond memories of going to the movie theaters to watch the jackass movies. My expectations for this book we’re pretty dismal given that out of the entire jackass crew Steve-O was my least favorite. Yet this memoir completely surprised me in a good way. Steve-O’s journey through addiction and into recovery what is really inspiring to hear. While I knew that most of the jackass crew struggled with some form of addiction, most notably Ryan Dunn who died from driving drunk and Bam Margera who is still struggling with his alcoholism, It was really inspiring to hear Stevie-O’s triumphs and setbacks through that process. 

I’m not sure People who are not fans of the jackass franchise would necessarily enjoy this memoir, but for those of us who grew up with it it was worth the read.
dannytorrance's profile picture

dannytorrance's review

4.0

what if i told you the most impactful and resonating “self-help” book ive ever read was penned by fucking steve-o

becaboo77's review

5.0
funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

jhillmedia's review

5.0
inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

I will likely never forget to floss my teeth after reading this book. 
deathtomartyrs's profile picture

deathtomartyrs's review

2.0
fast-paced

brolivia's review

4.0

I enjoyed this - Steve-o is super candid and real, and does some very raw self reflection. As a long time Jackass fan, it’s fun to listen to his stories but also to see his growth.

He has also convinced me I need to be very diligent about flossing, so mission accomplished there.