mitskacir 's review for:

¡Hola Papi!: How to Come Out in a Walmart Parking Lot and Other Life Lessons by John Paul Brammer

4.0

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Rounded up to 4 because I enjoyed reading it, although I don't think it will stick with me for long. Each chapter is told as a vignette of something that happened in Brammer's life and ends with a lesson/piece of advice. I really enjoyed the narrative parts, falling into Brammer's day to day, his emotions, and the characters that came in and out of his life. However, I was always pushed out of the story in the last few pages when he summed up the experience, advice-column style, which often felt soppy and unnecessary. I think I would have preferred to come to my own conclusions about his stories, although sometimes his insight was soothing and I could see how someone could feel well advised.