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A review by sj_elli
Dry by Augusten Burroughs
3.0
I've heard this is a less than truthful, exaggerated tales type of memoir. I honestly don't care. It's a book and I'm gonna read it because it sounded interesting to me.
Was Dry interesting? Very. Would I read it again? Not likely.
So why would I say an interesting book is not worth a reread? I find myself feeling more unlike towards the book as I try to gather my thoughts to write a review up. Augusten (which isn't his real name) is a very self-centered man and it comes off that way in the book. The book is about his troubles with alcohol. Although I was annoyed at the fact that no where in there did he talk about having a real issue with coke, which he did regularly. The Benadryl was only mentioned once...taking Benadryl 10 times in one day is insane to me. The book dragged in some areas (the German beer rep, the rehab portion, Foster, the relapse, etc.). The book left open some areas, like Rick, who was being completely horrid to Augusten's recovery. He got promoted...and that's it? It was hard to appreciate the journey of alcoholism: identifying the problem, recovering, relapsing, recovering, etc. It was hard to read some of the flashbacks - which ended up having no real purpose to the story - and therefore seemed like bragging. The person that I liked the most in the book was Pighead. I felt that portion of the memoir was done well and done very honestly.
Was Dry interesting? Very. Would I read it again? Not likely.
So why would I say an interesting book is not worth a reread? I find myself feeling more unlike towards the book as I try to gather my thoughts to write a review up. Augusten (which isn't his real name) is a very self-centered man and it comes off that way in the book. The book is about his troubles with alcohol. Although I was annoyed at the fact that no where in there did he talk about having a real issue with coke, which he did regularly. The Benadryl was only mentioned once...taking Benadryl 10 times in one day is insane to me. The book dragged in some areas (the German beer rep, the rehab portion, Foster, the relapse, etc.). The book left open some areas, like Rick, who was being completely horrid to Augusten's recovery. He got promoted...and that's it? It was hard to appreciate the journey of alcoholism: identifying the problem, recovering, relapsing, recovering, etc. It was hard to read some of the flashbacks - which ended up having no real purpose to the story - and therefore seemed like bragging. The person that I liked the most in the book was Pighead. I felt that portion of the memoir was done well and done very honestly.