A review by documentno_is
Sh*t My Dad Says by Justin Halpern

funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced

2.0

 Man embarks on quest to find poignance in his older father. I really just read this to be able to say I finally did. I remember when this came out and it was the 'favorite book' of all my teenage-aged male friends so it hit my to-read list and was continuously passed over for a decade while I read better and worse pulp. I empathize with the author’s love of his father, he certainly seems like the type to have an all encompassing personality but I don’t think I gained much from this. It was funny in a very old man way, so not too much. At least it seems better than rich dad poor dad. His dad reminded me or Captain Lee from below deck. Somebody who has very old world views, some that are still applicable, some that are dated, and has an occasionally humorous grumpy-old-man way of delivering them. Any book that I have to say "too many rape jokes" about is not a book I want to take into 2025, but I do appreciate the sentiment that sometimes you just need to tell kids what the fuck is up instead of coddling them.