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edgiles4's review
5.0
Easily his best work since "Killing Yourself to Live." A fantastic return to the type of essay writing that made him one of the most popular pop culture writers.
alexrobinsonsupergenius's review against another edition
3.0
Some funny, thoughtful stuff, though I admit I skipped the chapter on football.
rachiebeans's review against another edition
1.0
i didn't actually finish this book - i flipped through it and found it so boring that i'm starting to question my love of 'sex, drugs and cocoa puffs'.
trinityforever's review against another edition
3.0
This was an enjoyable collection of essays on the many ways that inter-subjective impressions can take precedent in social settings over subjective authorial intent.
noisyhearts's review against another edition
I have a confession: I skipped one and a half of the essays in this book. My ability to care about sports was apparently completely exhausted after I spent a good few hours watching figure skating videos on YouTube the day before. Sorry, Chuck. I really enjoyed this nonetheless but missed the personal narrative from his other nonfiction. Nice pop culture essays to dip in and out of but not as compelling a read as it could have been..
cylent's review against another edition
3.0
Some of the esssays were compelling for me, especially the first. Overall well written, but not my jam.
devonadelle's review against another edition
3.0
I put this book on my birthday list after having read one of Klosterman’s essays in nonfiction class from Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs. However, to me, this book, even each individual essay, read entirely different from the essay we read in nonfiction. Where my first impression of Klosterman was that he was a pretty funny, though in the way that he enjoyed picking on people he thought stupid. But Eating the Dinosaur, while occasionally funny, made more of an effort to philosophize aspects of our society. The overall effect left something to be desired, for me. There were many essays to make up this book, but I was not quite sure what the overall theme was upon reaching the end. Through the book, however, I did learn a few interesting things.