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SORRY, I HAD TO TOSS THIS BOOK IN THE TRASH. IN MY EYES THIS IS A BOOK FOR 'MEN ONLY'. I CAN'T THINK OF WHAT WOMAN WOULD READ THIS CRAP.
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Why did I do it...something I have resisted all my reading life? I read completely through a book that I detested from the start. After severe self-examination I've decided that completing the book was the only way I could offer an unbiased opinion on why I HOPE THEY SERVE BEER is a total waste of time.
The premise, the reporting, the topic, the writing, and the author all stink. The premise that in-depth accounts of rampant inebriation, violent sexual encounters, and body functions gone awry would be entertaining is weak in concept. The fact that the book has sold millions of copies doesn't change that argument; it only brings forth another problem about public morals, a different subject entirely. The reporting of such incidents is done in such a salacious fashion that I, as a reader, felt my own body functions threaten to rebel. The topic (or three, if you want to lump them together) is not considered fodder for self-respecting readers to chew on, although the author would have you believe that people who don't embrace his hedonistic point of view are somehow lacking enlightenment. The writing is sophomoric, repetitive, and hackneyed. And the author is a criminal masquerading as a well-adjusted party animal who commits rape, vandalism, drunken mischief including driving, and other assorted unlawful acts.
I adore women...always have. I don't see the entertainment in demeaning or mistreating them. Nor do I care to read about some alcoholic idiot who, along with his bozo friends, gets great pleasure in the inhumane acts outlined in this book. So I will end this review now, throw the book in the trash, and go back to the delight of my normal life. I don't regret the 16 bucks I spent for the book, but hope that you'll forgo the same urge. I've told you all you really need to know about this garbage.
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Saw the movie and wasnt' impressed, heard the book was better. It was. Tucker Max is a funny guy and I wonder why what he delivers in his book didn't translate well into film. I liked most of the chapters and I found most of the stories to be believable. The only one I didn't buy was the videotape one.
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I bought this book expecting some drunk stories written with some wit and style, but all I got was a book that I could've written myself about our college stories. As soon as I got the end of the first few stories and they ALL ended with some version of "Yeah, that night was pretty f***ing ridiculous" I had to stop. I can tell stories better than that, and guess what, my friends and I got drunk in college a lot too.
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Bought this for my college age son. Read it first. OMG. This was the most horrifying book I think I've read in ages. Yes, there are occassional laughs, but at whose expense? Why would anyone think it's okay to write about boozing yourself and becoming an idiot? Don't get me wrong, I went to college, and I'll admit, the boozing thing...I did it. But good God, you can't live your whole life in a drunken stupor.
Thinking I just didn't get it because I was an adult, I passed this book on to my 21 year old son who laughed a couple of times, then came in and said, "Mom, what were you thinking buying me this book? This guy is an idiot."
Passed it on to my brother who basically said the same thing. None of us are prudes. None of us have a holier than thou attitude, we just didn't think a whole book of drunken debauchery was funny..sad for Tucker Max's life yes, funny all the way though..no.
Don't waste your money.
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