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A review by nssutton
Carsick: John Waters Hitchhikes Across America by John Waters
3.0
Famous director hitchhikes cross-country, from his home in Baltimore to his apartment in San Francisco.
An old friend of mine loves John Waters and I've been interested in him since we went to see his one man show just about a million years ago. I'd been waiting to read this book all summer, having listened to his interviews about it just about everywhere.
It was worth the wait, although I did feel like the interviews gave away much of the last third of the book, which focuses on his actual road trip adventures. The beginning sections are fictionalized versions of what he believes could be his best case and worst case scenario. Both felt wildly inappropriate for reading during the extended family Labor Day weekend vacation I was on (filthy is the word I used most often to describe it to my husband, secretly glad no one else asked me what it was about) but that's just how a reader's queue shakes out sometimes. When he really let's his imagination get going, I'd have moments where I thought maybe this isn't the story for me, but I loved reading about the actual trip itself so much. The Corvette Kid, my favorite part during interviews, isn't nearly as good as the mundane moments where Waters checks his BlackBerry, frets to his assistants, or gets taken to the wrong hotel by well-meaning moviegoers.
It was an excellent read to close out the summer.
An old friend of mine loves John Waters and I've been interested in him since we went to see his one man show just about a million years ago. I'd been waiting to read this book all summer, having listened to his interviews about it just about everywhere.
It was worth the wait, although I did feel like the interviews gave away much of the last third of the book, which focuses on his actual road trip adventures. The beginning sections are fictionalized versions of what he believes could be his best case and worst case scenario. Both felt wildly inappropriate for reading during the extended family Labor Day weekend vacation I was on (filthy is the word I used most often to describe it to my husband, secretly glad no one else asked me what it was about) but that's just how a reader's queue shakes out sometimes. When he really let's his imagination get going, I'd have moments where I thought maybe this isn't the story for me, but I loved reading about the actual trip itself so much. The Corvette Kid, my favorite part during interviews, isn't nearly as good as the mundane moments where Waters checks his BlackBerry, frets to his assistants, or gets taken to the wrong hotel by well-meaning moviegoers.
It was an excellent read to close out the summer.