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A review by bmg20
I Suck at Girls by Justin Halpern
2.0
After loving the random tweets from Justin Halpern I was ecstatic to read his debut full-length novel. [b:Sh*t My Dad Says|7821447|Sh*t My Dad Says|Justin Halpern|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1278665345s/7821447.jpg|10860635] was absolutely hilarious and had me laughing profusely. Clearly, I was on board for anything else this man came out with.
Unfortunately it was a pretty huge disappointment as far as what I was anticipating. [b:I Suck at Girls|13425393|I Suck at Girls|Justin Halpern|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1335903412s/13425393.jpg|18907326] chronicles the authors bad experiences with girls which dates back to his early childhood. Obviously the intention of these stories is humor; however, I ended up feeling sorry for the poor guy more than anything. His first crush gets him in trouble after he spends all night drawing her one seriously disturbing picture, his dream prom ends up being a nightmare, he doesn't lose his virginity until he's 20, the first two people he slept with ended up leaving town shortly after... the list goes on. We see a lot less of 'dad' in this one and he was definitely the highlight of the story. Considering I can count the number of times I laughed out loud on a single hand (and they were only short chuckles at that) and the fact that the writing itself was less than mediocre and the humor felt forced this one does not receive high marks from me.
Unfortunately it was a pretty huge disappointment as far as what I was anticipating. [b:I Suck at Girls|13425393|I Suck at Girls|Justin Halpern|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1335903412s/13425393.jpg|18907326] chronicles the authors bad experiences with girls which dates back to his early childhood. Obviously the intention of these stories is humor; however, I ended up feeling sorry for the poor guy more than anything. His first crush gets him in trouble after he spends all night drawing her one seriously disturbing picture, his dream prom ends up being a nightmare, he doesn't lose his virginity until he's 20, the first two people he slept with ended up leaving town shortly after... the list goes on. We see a lot less of 'dad' in this one and he was definitely the highlight of the story. Considering I can count the number of times I laughed out loud on a single hand (and they were only short chuckles at that) and the fact that the writing itself was less than mediocre and the humor felt forced this one does not receive high marks from me.