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kathleendayle's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Fun, fast read. A little dark-humored. Hard to miss the parallels between the character John Doe and real life Anthony Bourdain, which I thought an odd choice, but it really wasn’t about Doe anyway, more about the fallout after his death. Very readable, I enjoyed it and truly wasn’t sure how things would end for any of the characters, until the very end!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide, Death, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Toxic friendship and Mental illness
Minor: Alcohol
jxhnnykang's review against another edition
dark
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
magicalme934's review
dark
emotional
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
kjames199's review
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
essjay1's review
5.0
Very funny, a satire that ridicules fame, celebrity, social media and how this crazy world now seemingly revolves around these aspirational “viral” experiences, and how fleeting it all is. And how manufactured and cynical it all is. And how we enable terrible behaviour amongst those with power. Perhaps most importantly this book questions authenticity. Can anyone be authentic and famous at the same time?
margaretpottah's review
4.0
A send-up of kitchen culture, restaurant fame, and the empty chef coat personalities of the food world that made me angry about the post-mortem commodification of Bourdain all over again. References food world people/places/things so clearly that I can’t tell if this book has become part of the problems it set out to satirize. It was very funny, though.
lemmyjoz's review
3.0
All of the reviews I read for this book said it was hilarious, but I didn't find it funny at all. It wasn't a bad book, I just don't get the humor I guess.