Total Page : 320
Publisher : Atlantic Books
Publication Date : 2003 02 04
>> Pedophilia is not funny
There is nothing funny about this book at all I ve carefully considered other s comments that the author found humor showed courage in his ability to cope with an abysmal horrific childhood
I strongly disagree This book merely sensationalizes cruelty to humans and animals pedophilia and deranged scatalogical acts The author is skillful funny but why write a book about such horrors To purge himself As a psychiatric tool to heal the scars of abandonment rape These are some of the sickest most twisted characters in literature although the author claims they are real people I wonder how much poetic license was taken
A very polarizing book as evidenced by ratings
Should be banned from public/school libraries where children could get their hands on it
I m with the group that gives it a solid zero stars and wish I d never read it I was on an airplane otherwise would have thrown it out the window into outer space
>> A Moving Tale of a Childhood Survived
Augusten risked the wrath of family to write this book But after living through his harrowing childhood years this must ve been a piece of cake WHile sometimes hard to read anything less than the truth tells the complete story A thoughtul funny read
>> Didn t do it for me
They say Don t judge a book by its cover I ve also learned not to judge a book by its title It s probably my fault that I didn t do a bit more research into what this book was about before I purchased it but the title caught my eye and I tend to be an impulsive buyer when it comes to books Unfortunately I also feel compelled to finish what I start and so struggled through this book to its completion I m normally a thriller mystery horror kind of guy but enjoy a good comedy when I can find one I would not classify this book as a comedy Some others have obviously enjoyed this story but I found it disturbing and nothing more
