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Sep 07, 2010

Lena rated it:

On the cover of Elizabeth Gilbert's mega-bestselling spiritual travel memoir, Eat, Pray, Love, the word eat is spelled out in pasta, the word play in prayer beads, and the word love in flower petals. On the cover of Andrew Gottlieb's parody send-up of that book, the word drink is spelled out in beer bottle caps, play in poker chips, and f@#k in condoms.

When this suspiciously familiar cover caught my eye at B&N the other day, it immediately put a smile on my face. I liked Gilbert's More...

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Sep 07, 2010

Petra X rated it:

It was ok. Each of the three sections dragged for the last two chapters and the final section was a bit wanky. Other than that, it was a fast plane-read and quite amusing. I hadn't read the original Eat, Pray, Love as I find worthy, self-improvement books incredibly boring and a waste of time - I need a full body retooling rather than touch-ups on the rusty spots, so I can't tell if this was a good parody or not. Still, like the curate's egg, it was good, in parts. More...

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Sep 07, 2010

Mythili rated it:

This book is nothing if not a conversation starter -- especially if (like me) you're happy for an excuse to rant about the horrors of the Eat Pray Love Elizabeth Gilbert cult. Oh. But. I never read Eat Pray Love! -- or at least, I hadn't until this delightful spoof of that narcissistic romp fell into my hands. A few pages into Drink Play Fuck, I decided (or rather, was advised by a wise reader peering over my shoulder) that I would be better able to giggle at Drink Play Fuck if I first spent som More...

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Sep 07, 2010

Andrea rated it:

Awesome!!

This satire of Eat, Pray, Love is one of the smartest, funniest, totally GENIUS books I've read recently. Nothing hipster-intelligent or pseudo-intelligent or gross-out-but-not-actually-funny (ahem, Tucker Max, ahem) about it - just brilliant writing. It flows smoothly and hilariously and makes me want to hang out with this guy. If you have read EPL, the structural and conceptual parallels will be unmistakable ~ but if you haven't read EPL, it will still be a good read.
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Mar 11, 2009

Michelle rated it:

a hilarious alternative to the popular East, Love, Pray only from the perspective of a man whose wife walked out on him after several years of marriage. Not too deep but not as shallow as you might expect. Lots of guy's thoughts/impressions. Serious and as emotional as an average saddened man will allow himself to be. Light, bubblegum but definitely worth the read! :)

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Jun 05, 2011

Steve.lovell rated it:

An obvious parody on the sudsy 'Eat, Pray, Love', Gottlieb presents a version from the other gender, and not a NASM version for our hero, to put it mildly, is full of himself. He rails and vents his spleen as an alpha-male-done-wrong. His missus has racked off to cuckold him, so its payback time big time - not to his philandering wife, but to himself for all the injustices he has suffered at her hands. Strangely I felt for his wife throughout this tome - how did she put up with him for so long!! More...

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Oct 17, 2010

Mallory rated it:

I hated Eat Pray Love so much that it made me want to stab myself repeatedly in the face with an olive fork. I couldn't resist any parody of that self-indulged garbage, and this book was a cute, clever mockery of Elizabeth Gilbert's middle-aged, poor-me quest to find herself.

Gottlieb does his best to reference Gilbert throughout the course of his quirky and entertaining vignettes. References to the speaker being Gilbert's estranged husband (the one she cried over in the bathroom befo More...

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Apr 29, 2009

Mike rated it:

So I see this book my wife is reading, skim the back cover and think "right up my alley - drinking, golf, gambling..." with stops in Ireland and Vegas. Start reading it with the prologue about a broken marriage that sets the guy on his year long journey and begin with the Ireland pub-hopping that is the first third. Seems like a genius book told pretty hilariously with stories that are plausible but very funny. Then goes to Vegas where he gets a bit more introspective while split More...

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Jan 30, 2011

Anthony rated it:

I read (okay – listened to the unabridged version) of Eat, Pray, Love last year and saw this tagged at Amazon as one of those “you might be interested in” books. I like travel literature. I have traveled quite a bit in Asia (Thailand in particular) so I thought I would buy it and read it. I wasn’t disappointed. It was a quick page turner that I burned through in a week or so of stolen moments of reading. I was struck by the way the book danced on the edge of credibility. The central charact More...

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Dec 29, 2010

Juliette rated it:

It is impossible for me to really review this book without comparing it to the book it is making fun of "Eat Pray Love".
As much as I disliked Elizabeth Gilbert, I really liked "Bob Sullivan". He seemed like a personal guy who didn't say things over an over again to get me to believe him (he did often repeat his anger with his wife being with another man, but that's much more understandable than telling me over and over [Elizabeth]again how you are so good at making f More...

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Jul 21, 2011

Cristi rated it:

I have to say that I had been looking forward to this book for a long time. It sounded like so much fun, and it was. Because it's fiction, it's even better than it's non-fiction counterpart Eat, Pray, Love. Gottlieb mocks and plays with Gilbert's story in the most creative ways. One of my problems with Gilbert's book was that Italy was fascinating, India boring beyond words and then as the romance picked up in Bali it was a quick finish. Gottlieb seems to follow the same pattern with laughs and More...

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Sep 02, 2009

Danine rated it:

Because I loathe whiny and sappy books like "Eat. Pray. Love." I was very curious to read this fictitious alternative. The first part had to do with drinking in Ireland. I laughed so hard during these chapters I thought I would have a brain aneurysm. I thought for sure this would be a four star book.

As I moved to the second part about gambling and golf my four star rating turned into a three star rating. I don't gamble and I don't golf and maybe I shouldn't judge a bo More...

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Jul 05, 2009

Hannah rated it:

I have this problem where I often think that parodies are legitimate stories. Example: This is Spinal Tap (you won't understand how absurd it is that I could have thought it was a real documentary unless you've seen the movie). Needless to say, I thought that Gottlieb's book was a legitimate story. Which, as it turns out, made it that much funnier. But regardless of the truth, Gottlieb's book is at once heartbreaking and side-splitting. It is fantastic, and a great quick read for when you are tr More...

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Aug 05, 2011

Lyricsninja rated it:

If you are looking for a book that is groundbreaking - this isnt it,. Instead its a pleasant and quick parody to the book "eat, pray, love". the story flows easily, has some great moral values behind it, but in the same the writing is often a bit of a stretch (yes coincidences happen but the number of them that occur in this book is almost on a ridiculous level). the one thing i will give this book - its got some great humor and really touches on a lot of the things that every man wish More...

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Nov 15, 2010

Kirsten rated it:

Checked it out only because of the bestselling book Eat Pray Love, which I haven't read and will most likely never read because that sappy stuff just isn't my bag. I LOVED the cover of this book, "drink" being written out in bottle caps, "play" being written out in poker chips and "f@#k" written out in multicolored condoms. SO. FUNNY.

Meet Bobby Sullivan. Middle-aged, recent divorcee and tired of his dull unassuming life. Bobby sets off on a year-long tri More...

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Jan 25, 2010

Leeankh rated it:

I couldn't decide if this book was fiction or non-fiction in the beginning. By the end, I felt like it was actually a mix of the two. I just don't feel the entire thing was made up. Anyway, the section on Ireland was my favorite. It was fast to read and most of it rang very true to me. The Las Vegas section was overall pretty good too. I experienced Vegas for the first time not that long ago and many parts of the story rang true, as well. The Thailand section is sort of where he lost me. Now, I' More...

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Sep 07, 2010

Merilee rated it:

I think Cynthia would get a kick out of this one;-) My dd's reading Eat Pray Love so when I saw this in a bookstore today in Golden BC, I couldn't resist.

No, fugedaboudit. Reall, really, REALLY dumb!!!

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Mar 27, 2011

Darell rated it:

I really liked the concept: a roast to the tale of discovery that is so frequently criticized as too self-indulgent by Elizabeth Gilbert. What better than reading this humorist take the same journey in the domain of not-as-positive XY "self-discovery"?

It's funny, don't get me wrong. The first few pages are rich with belly laughs. But after a while, it wears on you. I wasn't far into the story when I made this realization: it's like the book equivalent of being trapped in t More...

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Aug 03, 2011

Justyna rated it:

I think it is a rather pathetic and not a very succesful attempt to write something that is supposed to be a parody of Eat, Pray, Love. Or somebody just thought it would sell more books if they made it look like it's a parody.
I missed everything in that book that made EPL a bestseller - the language is simple and uninspiring, the events are described in an uneventful manner (so that some parts are boring and made me skip a page or two).
Aren't parodies supposed to be funny and witt More...

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Nov 26, 2010

Jo rated it:

Parody of the bestselling book 'Eat, Pray, Love' which, according to the hype, everybody has read although I can't name a single person I know who has. Bob Sullivan is a man on a mission and that's to have as much fun as possible. His wife of eight years has left him so he decides to re-evaluate his life and take a year out to get up to as much irresponsible activity as he can. He goes on a drinking bender in Ireland, gambles several thousand dollars away in Las Vegas then heads to Thailand for More...

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Jun 17, 2009

Christina rated it:

totally a Dude Book. but i like it. it's too funny.

we all know that guys are naturally dumb and stupid and "as sensitive as a [...:] toilet seat," but deep wayyy down, they have feelings too. hahaha.

everything in this book is ridiculously funny, outrageously ballsy, and most of all, very entertaining. it's very inspiring too. once you get past all the drinking, all the gambling and all the unnecessary sex, you realize that the main point it's trying to convey More...

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May 10, 2009

Lenoir rated it:

I have not read the book Eat, Pray, Love One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia which this book satirizes. I suppose that if you had read that book and you loved that book you would probably not like this one. It's not something to take very seriously. The plot (which is entirely fiction) is completely unbelievable. It's filled with impossible coincidences. That being said if I were allowed to use the half star system I would have given this 3 1/2. I found it a ligh More...

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Jan 09, 2012

Ben rated it:

I expected the book to be an obvious male centric take off/parody on "Eat, Pray, Love"(which I did enjoy in both book & movie form), but being curious I decided to give it a try anyway. Turned out to be a surprisingly pleasant read that was better than expected(3 1/2 star). Even though it did follow a somewhat cliched journey(fueled by a cinematic binge of alcohol/gambling/sports "fun")it still led to a definite degree of growth and enlightenment and the notion of coming out More...

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Apr 16, 2011

Beata rated it:

If you've read Elizabeth Gilbert's narcissistic magnum opus detailing her travels through Italy, India and Bali (her self-obsession really does make Sharon Stone and Kim Jong-il seem positively altruistic in comparison) and if you've hated it as much as I did, you will enjoy this book. It starts out really funny (in Ireland), but unfortunately it does not keep up the momentum. Las Vegas gets boring (unless you understand gambling) and Thailand section is okay, but not as funny as Ireland. Sti More...

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Sep 16, 2010

Marya rated it:

Even without reading Eat, Pray, Love, this parody is obvious enough to pick out the general theme and style of Eat, Pray, Love. The best parts are where the author of this book makes cracks at his self-obsessed fakely spiritual ex-wife. The actual drinking, playing, and fucking are rather boring. Or maybe they are meant to be read while actually being in the altered consciousness said activities induce. Either way, it was a fast, light read, perfect for those disgusted with the Eat, Pray, Love More...

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Aug 18, 2011

caty rated it:

Drink, Play, F@#k is an obvious parody to Eat, Pray, Love. ‘One man’s journey to find himself in Ireland, Las Vegas and Thailand’.

I saw this at an airport back in September and just had to buy it. The cover mimicked Eat, Pray, Love, which was still fresh in my mind from the summer reading challenge. Now, first off, I'd like to remind you that I was surprised to find I liked EPL. I'm not about to fly around the world and worship Gilbert, but it wasn't bad. So a parody interested me. I mean, the c

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Jan 29, 2011

lauren rated it:

Wow. I was severely disappointed in this one. I didn't read Eat, Pray, Love because, frankly, I'm more interested in drinking, gambling, coitus, and stories thereof.

Drink, Play, Fuck is not very well-written at all..too conversational for my taste. Conversational works sometimes, but in this case it just felt like being told a bunch of "you had to be there" stories. Furthermore, and more unfortunately, Gottlieb rarely actually indulges in any raw tales, despite the assum More...

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Aug 02, 2011

Melissa rated it:

I was a bit skeptical about this book at first. I'll admit, I thought to read it because the title looked funny. But when I read the synopsis, I was thinking "Gosh I really hope this isn't dry and boring."

I'm happy to say that I was pleasantly surprised. This was well put together, funny, articulate, and smooth. I think it's a feat when I guy can be both a responsible gentleman and a carefree hedonist all in one. Granted, it took the guy's wife leaving him to motivate him to More...

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Sep 07, 2010

Kaliki rated it:

Fair book…light, quick read. I could take or leave the main character. I wasn’t attached to him, but I didn’t dislike him.

One particular part at the end seemed completely unbelievable, and I felt like it was thrown in there to try to make this a book that men would enjoy as well as women. But then, some would probably say that a lot of the book was unbelievable and obviously made up. It is fiction after all.

I would only draw one comparison to Eat, Pray, Love because the More...

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Sep 07, 2010

Samantha rated it:

A fantasticly funny read! Bob Sullivan is dumped by his spoiled NYC wife for her tennis instructor and his world goes topsy-turvey. As with Elizabeth Gilbert's super-duper mega million spiritual travel memoir, Eat, Pray, Love, Drink, Play, F@#k finds our subject on a spiritual journey--though Bob Sullivan's journey is of a vastly different nature! He finds himself fall down drunk in the pubs of Ireland, in the highest of high roller suites at the Bellagio living large with his personal guru, Ric More...

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