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A review by heatherreadsbooks
The Curse of Lono by Ralph Steadman, Hunter S. Thompson, Steve Crist
3.0
*Back-dating reviews based on snips I find*
I’m officially taking a break from Hunter S. Thompson. I’m sick of feeling like I’m missing the point. I swear, that blurb has made me paranoid! Every book I read, I’m like “Is it hilarious? Am I missing something hilarious?” I mean, I like his style of writing and I like the fact that much of it surrounds journalism in some form, but I’ve never read a book – barring ‘Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas’ and felt like I really got the tone it was written in, or the jokes – if there was any.
I think I’ve gotten myself wound up to the point I’m determined to read more and crack the issue, but it’s just making me more paranoid! That seems about right, considering the excessive drugs in every book of his, like, ever. I’m officially on Hunter hiatus. For now.
(I read one of his books a while back and thought it was good - I liked it, but that was all. Then I read the blurb in which a review had called it hilarious. That's almost certainly always going to be the incident I refer to any time I read his books).
I’m officially taking a break from Hunter S. Thompson. I’m sick of feeling like I’m missing the point. I swear, that blurb has made me paranoid! Every book I read, I’m like “Is it hilarious? Am I missing something hilarious?” I mean, I like his style of writing and I like the fact that much of it surrounds journalism in some form, but I’ve never read a book – barring ‘Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas’ and felt like I really got the tone it was written in, or the jokes – if there was any.
I think I’ve gotten myself wound up to the point I’m determined to read more and crack the issue, but it’s just making me more paranoid! That seems about right, considering the excessive drugs in every book of his, like, ever. I’m officially on Hunter hiatus. For now.
(I read one of his books a while back and thought it was good - I liked it, but that was all. Then I read the blurb in which a review had called it hilarious. That's almost certainly always going to be the incident I refer to any time I read his books).