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A review by stargazer0330
Behind the Bell by Dustin Diamond
1.0
I have a shelf on my goodreads account that I have named I cannot believe I read this . That is where I have shelved this abomination. I decided that I wanted to read this after the made for tv movie and I read [b:unSweetined|6986084|unSweetined|Jodie Sweetin|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1406525994s/6986084.jpg|7228112]and this came up as a recommended book. Based on this, I may never want to trust my goodreads recommendations.
I have a confession, I didn't finish this book, but what I did read was more than enough!
I have never come across someone who is self-deprecating, and self- centered. I honestly didn't know that was possible, but it is. Dustin Diamond does it in such a vial way. He tried to paint this picture of this geeky ignorant kid and how was he supposed to know any better, but then later on goes on to act like he is god's gift to acting and then implies that Saved by the Bell wouldn't have been anything without all the input he supposedly gave.
I hadn't gotten past the introduction before Diamond started bashing his former cast mates, and it was a little bit much. Even though I was a huge Saved by the Bell fan, I am not so deluded to think that all of the cast members got a long like they did on the show, but there is a way to express how things really were. Maybe Tiffani Amber Thiessen was as promiscuous and Mario Lopez was a huge jerk like Dustin Diamond says, but really the only thing that Diamond did was make me question him and hate him more.
What really got me to stop reading this book was the fact that my stomach was literally turning just from the wording that he used and how he described certain aspects of his body. I hope he stays in his sad life in obscurity. (I think I spent more time writing this review than I did reading the book)
I have a confession, I didn't finish this book, but what I did read was more than enough!
I have never come across someone who is self-deprecating, and self- centered. I honestly didn't know that was possible, but it is. Dustin Diamond does it in such a vial way. He tried to paint this picture of this geeky ignorant kid and how was he supposed to know any better, but then later on goes on to act like he is god's gift to acting and then implies that Saved by the Bell wouldn't have been anything without all the input he supposedly gave.
I hadn't gotten past the introduction before Diamond started bashing his former cast mates, and it was a little bit much. Even though I was a huge Saved by the Bell fan, I am not so deluded to think that all of the cast members got a long like they did on the show, but there is a way to express how things really were. Maybe Tiffani Amber Thiessen was as promiscuous and Mario Lopez was a huge jerk like Dustin Diamond says, but really the only thing that Diamond did was make me question him and hate him more.
What really got me to stop reading this book was the fact that my stomach was literally turning just from the wording that he used and how he described certain aspects of his body. I hope he stays in his sad life in obscurity. (I think I spent more time writing this review than I did reading the book)