A review by lizanneinkan
The Very Worst Missionary: A Memoir or Whatever by Jamie Wright

3.0

Like a blog, this is a quick and entertaining read. The hyperbolic, obscenity-laden prose that works well in shorter formats can wear thin for an entire book. Fortunately, Wright sometimes slows down to reveal true emotion w/o the snark. The big ideas are appealing—love your neighbor; maybe missionaries are mostly fulfilling their own dreams rather than those of the people they serve—while the specifics are often hazy: what exactly did she do for 5 years in Costa Rica besides riff on her experiences? What is the mental illness she keeps alluding to? I wished she did not need to throw in a “dickwad” or “douche” every paragraph to establish her badassery, but that’s a style issue where many would disagree w me.