Review: People looking at me strangely.....
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 12 6, 2012
Read this entirely on trips to the local coffee superstore (although I've now moved myself onto green tea). I found this book to be very funny, and I suspect the author and I have a similar sense of the absurd. My boisterous explosions of laughter merited some looks from patrons: some annoyed by the cacophony, some had a sour look of 'what the hell is so funny' and yet others appeared to be convinced that there was nothing on my kindle and that in fact I was just delusional.Also, the sheer number of metaphors, similes and references to pop culture, icons and the obscure, borders on the ridiculous...and I drank it all up with glee. (To be completely honest, there were a few references that I didn't get, and was too lazy to google/wikipedia since the laughs were in abundance anyway.)I liked the first 3/4 of the book more than the finish, but overall, taken in it's entirety, it's a good and worthwhile read. Don't look for dialog between characters that reads true, it doesn't. HOWEVER, it IS funny and manages to keep you in the story. The prose that communicates the main protagonist's thoughts DOES read true and therein lies the humor.I liked this book very much and would recommend it to anyone needing a dose of laughter and diversion of the kind only novels can bring.