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A review by codyisreading
Medallion Status: True Stories from Secret Rooms by John Hodgman
3.0
It’s Hodgman, so it’s always funny and well-written. This book frames most of its stories around celebrity and dwindling fame. Hodgman gets some good material out of this and his observations are generally funny.
The issue I had is that his last book, Vacationland, dealt with aging, parenting, nostalgia and the passage of time, which are much more universal themes than fame. Hodgman‘s digressions are always great but there’s still a barrier to these stories about fame that didn’t exist in his previous works.
Probably closer to a 3.5/5, I’d still recommend it. I’d just probably tell people to check out Vacationland as a must whereas Medallion Status is ‘if you have the time.’
The issue I had is that his last book, Vacationland, dealt with aging, parenting, nostalgia and the passage of time, which are much more universal themes than fame. Hodgman‘s digressions are always great but there’s still a barrier to these stories about fame that didn’t exist in his previous works.
Probably closer to a 3.5/5, I’d still recommend it. I’d just probably tell people to check out Vacationland as a must whereas Medallion Status is ‘if you have the time.’