Las Aventuras de Johnny Bunko: La Unica Guia Que Necesitaras Para Tu Futuro = The Adventures of Johnny Bunko

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Las Aventuras de Johnny Bunko: La Unica Guia Que Necesitaras Para Tu Futuro = The Adventures of Johnny Bunko

by Daniel H. Pink (Goodreads Author)

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Johnny Bunko es un joven normal y aplicado. Ha hecho lo que sus padres, consejeros y profesores le han recomendado. Ahora que se encuentra estancado en un trabajo rutinario que no lo satisface comienza a sospechar que algo funciona mal y que se ha equivocado al elegir. De pronto una extrana noche trabajando en la oficina para sacar trabajo atrasado aparece ante si Diana, u...more

Paperback, 160 pages

Published January 3rd 2009 by Empresa Activa (first published April 1st 2008)

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Jan 01, 2009

Jaymi rated it

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Last month, I was reading an article about Daniel Pink and how he went to Japan to study the art and culture surrounding Japanese comics, otherwise known as manga. He was interested in the format's popularity; this was a book format that people of all ages enjoyed reading. He studied the culture and the form to see how it could be applied to other disciplines successfully. The Adventures of Johnny Bunko is the result of that study. This introductory guide on...more(Adapted from www.diyplanner.com)
Last month, I was reading an article about Daniel Pink and how he went to Japan to study the art and culture surrounding Japanese comics, otherwise known as manga. He was interested in the format's popularity; this was a book format that people of all ages enjoyed reading. He studied the culture and the form to see how it could be applied to other disciplines successfully. The Adventures of Johnny Bunko is the result of that study. This introductory guide on life design and career planning in today's modern workplace uses the manga format to weave a story about a man who learns more about life and work in six easy lessons. It's a fast read, filled with entertaining scenarios, and some short but powerful ideas on how to get ahead in your career.

The book tells the story of Johnny Bunko, "who is a lot like you and me." He's gone to school, graduated, and has a job in a company and department that he's not sure whether or not he wants anymore. While getting food for another late night of work, he has a run-in with a "fairy god-friend", named Diana. His world and workplace are never the same after meeting her. She's a whiz at helping people find their truth and teaches them what it means to live the life they want to have. Through the use of magical chopsticks and some helpful wisdom, Johnny Bunko learns how to transform his life and pursue the career he dreamt of having.

Pink distills Diana's wisdom down into six statements. These statements hold basic truths that anyone who works these days can tap into and relate to:

1. There is no plan.
2. Think strengths, not weaknesses.
3. It's not about you.
4. Persistence trumps talent.
5. Make excellent mistakes.
6. Leave an imprint.

While none of these lessons are mind shattering, (many are spoken time and time again by "the productivity gurus", like Covey and Allen), what makes these principles stick is in the presentation-- story and artwork. Pink's creative plot and Rob Ten Pas's manga artwork work together to illustrate (literally) how individuals can apply each statement into various working aspects of their lives. This format easily allows anyone at a modest reading level to read and understand what each statement means and how they can apply it to their working life. Johnny Bunko fumbles his way through each lesson to learn exactly what he needs to do to get his career to align with his dreams. This book gives readers permission to play the "what-if" game and think about how they can get from where they are to where they want to be in life.

I'm not an expert on critiquing manga art. But I will say that I enjoyed Rob Ten Pas's black-and-white pen line art. The lines are crisp and clean and the comic book format was not hard to follow at all. Each pane flows into one another smoothly. This marriage between written storytelling and comic/movie story-boarding works in the book's favor. In a world where the written word is becoming the "last minute pastime", the manga format helps to draw people back to books. When you read a manga, it's more like you are reading a movie. Many people are visual learners and I think that if more books were written in this style, it would help break down and drive complex ideas (such as life design and career planning) into visual ways that people can just see how to apply these concepts to their own situations.

The Adventures of Johnny Bunko is a great graduation gift for those entering the job force soon. It offers any graduate, from high school to college, the chance to read through, learn, and see how these statements actually do and can apply to their own lives. The first non-fiction book to be written in a comic format, I sure hope it's not the last. Johnny Bunko is highly entertaining and the artwork aids in retaining the information inside the book. While it's not really "the last career guide you will ever need" per se, it IS a good book to keep around and read over and over again when you want to remind yourself of: where you are in life and whether or not your work, values and hobbies align with your ultimate vision of who and what you want to be doing in this world. Visit the book's website to learn more about it and to see an excerpt.(less)

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Sep 25, 2011

Dore' Ripley rated it

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Part advice guide, part career guide, The Adventures of Johnny Bunko, can help young people navigate the real world before they get there. Daniel Pink, the author of Drive, helps explain life with his patented life lessons. From "There is no plan" (not to be confused with "Don't make any plans"), to "Make excellent mistakes," students quickly learn that life often takes unexpected detours.

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Jun 06, 2010

Beth rated it

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I had to check this book out for myself. As a veteran career counselor, I wanted to see what career advice could be given in graphic novel format. The premise was cute, but I had trouble agreeing with the very first tenant: "There is no plan". There is always SOME sort of plan, otherwise people would accomplish nothing. I am not a big fan of knowing what I'm going to do from hour to hour and like room for spontaneity, BUT if Johnny Bunko had no plan, he would have just sat in his p...more

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May 31, 2010

Caren rated it

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Told in the style of Japanese manga, this is Daniel Pink's advice to high school/college students or other young people just beginning their careers. When Johnny visits a Japanese restaurant and breaks apart his wooden chopsticks, a magic girl, Diana, materializes to offer him advice. She tells him that when he needs help, he need only snap apart another pair of chopsticks and she will appear. During the course of the book and her appearances, Pink chalks up six pieces of advice for those plotti...more

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May 09, 2010

Reid rated it

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Overall: Like Pink's other works, the revelations of Johnny Bunko aren't quite as revolutionary as I anticipated. High expectations aside, however, this is a good little story that makes some broad but insightful points about career paths and uses a new medium (manga) to do it. The artwork is good (Rob Ten Pas is the artist) and surprisingly funny. I actually laughed aloud several times, just because of a goofy illustration, like when Johnny gets clocked with a stapler. The book has fun wit...more

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May 15, 2009

Bob rated it

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Shelves: graphica

Reading the NY Times Magazine one Sunday, Amy asked over the breakfast table: "have you ever heard of Daniel Pink?" I had not. She insisted that I get his books and read them. The article she was reading (on early childhood education) cited Pink on the importance of creativity to our contemporary culture. The article addressed kids in particular (for instance, said the report: even if kids test high on academic achievement at age 5, this is no indicator of future academic success, ...moreReading the NY Times Magazine one Sunday, Amy asked over the breakfast table: "have you ever heard of Daniel Pink?" I had not. She insisted that I get his books and read them. The article she was reading (on early childhood education) cited Pink on the importance of creativity to our contemporary culture. The article addressed kids in particular (for instance, said the report: even if kids test high on academic achievement at age 5, this is no indicator of future academic success, and may even represent academic failure! Does this mean don't read to your kids? No... but, suggested the article, and by extension, Pink: kids need to be able to play and use their imagination.)

At any rate, the subject of the relative importance of the right brain in society is a bull's-eye issue for me and Amy was right, I needed to find out what Mr. Pink had to say about it. I ordered a bunch of Pink books from Amazon. It seems he uses his particular lens not just on society as a whole, but on personal enrichment and career advice.

This book--Johnny Bunko--is a short manga story about a guy who finds a genie who gives him career advice in six lessons.

I have numerous objections: one, from my grandfather, who surely WANTED to play golf and create a career from his personal passion... but doggone it, there was that pesky SURVIVAL to worry about. Somehow the digging ditches, homelessness, and factory work kept getting in the way. (Pop-pop won out, though, not by following his bliss but by following his need to eat. He worked like a dog, married Grandmom, bought a house, started his own insurance company, and got to play golf after food was on the table.) Pink doesn't really talk about the "starving" part of "starving artist."

Second objection: the book is totally lightweight: it takes platitudes and spins them into smart-sounding, impractical advice: "There is no plan" says Pink. My mom says, "A goal without a plan is just a wish."

Thirdly: There's no critical justification. Malcolm Gladwell or Stephen Levitt back up their often-surprising theories with data. In this book, Pink sounds a lot more like John Brinkley (cf: Charlatan!) than a creditable social theorist.

On the other hand: this is a Manga short story. It took a serious topic and addressed it in comic-book form. (So he's just like Art Spiegelman, right? Hah!) It took a shorter time to read than it took to write this review. The advice, extrapolated from its aphoristic form, is not all bad. It introduced me painlessly to this Daniel Pink. I enjoyed the new topic and a new thinker.

I also have begun another book by Pink, which shows more intellectual rigor.

Daniel Pink, you get 2.5 stars, and since it's sunny today, I round up.

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Nov 29, 2010

Derek Wolfgram rated it

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The Adventures of Johnny Bunko is a quick, fun valuable guide to thinking about career choices and how to find work that is fulfilling and meaningful. The graphic novel format seemed gimmicky at first, but then I thought of the "leadership fables" of Ken Blanchard and Patrick Lencioni, and the younger target audience for the book, and suddenly it made perfect sense. As in A Whole New Mind, Pink does a great job of taking deep, complicated concepts, and making them pithy and accessible....more

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May 09, 2009

Serri rated it

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Shelves: business

This book was recommended by my colleague's father, who is a college professor, and was particularly interesting to me on two levels.

First, Daniel Pink, author of A Whole New Mind, made a point of identifying six important skills sets that individuals will need to be successful in the future (Design, Story, Symphony, Empathy, Play, and Meaning--have to read the book to get the full understanding of each, but I highly recommend it). From a 30,000-foot view, Pink applied his own Whol...more

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Jan 02, 2009

Becky rated it

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Shelves: business, self-help

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Jul 17, 2011

Gina Lynette rated it

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I love this book. Daniel Pink is a right-on author when it comes to spotting the trends that will define work in the coming years. Here he has managed to take those big ideas and distill them into 6 basic tenets--Manga Style.

I am not a Manga Fan--so some of the lingo/shorthand of this format may have been lost on me--but I certainly walked away with enough meat to appreciate this effort.

In an age where workers are faced with outsourcing and the end of the 40 years to a Gold Watch Plan, we ha...more

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Mar 09, 2010

Eric rated it

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Jun 26, 2011

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“You can do something for instrumental reasons– because you think it’s going to lead to something else, regardless of whether you enjoy it or it’s worthwhile… or you can do something for fundamental reasons– because you think it’s inherently valuable, regardless of what it may or may not lead to. The dirty little secret is that instrumental reasons usually don’t work. Things are too complicated, too unpredictable. You never know what’s going to happen. So you end up stuck. The most successful pe...more

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Jun 12, 2011

Poonam rated it

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I think art work was good and narrative was fine. But, by way of content, I found it bit superficial. It has 6 take-aways that when it comes to one's career:

1. There is no plan.
2. Think strengths, not weakness. (That is work what you are good at rather than where you have to work on weaknesses.)
3. It's not about you. (Contribute to team, project et al.)
4. Persistence trumps talent. (No, it doesn't contradict 2. Think about it.)
5.Make excellent mistakes.
6...more

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Jan 28, 2010

Jackie rated it

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This is a novel way to get students thinking about how to choose a career. Very wise advice.

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Jun 23, 2010

Klara rated it

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Recommends it for: Recent high school graduates, especially future humanities majors.

Shelves: manga

I've noticed reviewers on several websites criticizing this volume because it offers only "obvious" or "common sense" sort of advice for succeeding at work. This might be true for people who have spent enough time in the working world to pick up on which particular traits lead to success and which to failure; college students and anyone else just starting a career, however, need not agree. As a college student with no real work experience myself, I found the book's advice use...more

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Feb 02, 2012

Wendy rated it

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Shelves: 2012

I LOVE the overall message of this book! So many people think that they have to take a certain career path that really isn't necessarily the best thing for them. This book gives six lessons that help clarify how someone should approach career decisions. As I read it, I realized that I've been following this exact guidance my whole life when it comes to business/career decisions. The fun thing about this book, is that it's written in comic book form, and so it's really great for a teenage aud...more

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Jul 22, 2010

Elizabeth rated it

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Shelves: nonfiction, graphic-novel

As a student of the graphic novel, I kind of find this insulting; especially since a lot of non-comic people are going pick this up, and judge the entire genre based on this tripe.

Is the advice legit? Sure. One of the only redeeming qualities of the book is that it takes five seconds to read, unlike most career guides that pretty long winded; of course, if you want good examples, and maybe a personal story or two, then you should read the four-hour workweek (even if he is a bit of a na...more

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Jan 15, 2009

Maya rated it

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For what this is- this book is brilliant.

What it is? It's a self-help career guide. Mr. Pink, a former White House speech writer, elected to use the Manga storytelling style to reach his specified audience in a unique way. His justification- Why we read a book if you can do a google search?

In 6 deliberately fast reading segments, Pink discusses the following principles:
1. There is no plan
2. Think strengths- not weaknesses
3. It's not about you
4. Pe...more

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May 13, 2011

esterb rated it

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Mar 22, 2009

Madeofmeat (Andy) rated it

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I read this entire book in the aisle at Powell's and still shelled out $15 for it. Seriously. This is an excellent little career guide, delivered as a narrative in manga form. At the end of each chapter, a new point is distilled and made clear, and summed up with the existing points from previous chapters. They're clear and simple and the narrative is enjoyable to read. Best example point? "Fail excellently." Meaning, you should definitely take risks, but they should be risks wh...more

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Feb 19, 2011

James rated it

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What makes this book different than other career books is it presents in a comic book format. You follow the main character as he struggles with his career even though he has followed "The Plan". After he encounters a genie he is slowly able to find what makes him happy.

Pretty standard career advice in this book but it is presented in a way that makes it fun and memorable. Also this being a quick read it's hard not to recommend this to people who need that career inspiration ...more

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Feb 16, 2009

Megan Elizabeth rated it

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Recommends it for: Recent graduates. Cube-farmhands. Corporate drones.

Recommended to Megan by: Becky "Bunko" Blanton

This is an excellent book. By the time I got to it, I was past most of the information in it -- but as a starter "text", this would have been rockin' to receive right out of school. (In fact, I suggest you hand it to the next person you see walking out of a big educational institution or corporate cube-farm.)

Incidentally, I had something to do with the proposed Lesson Seven. You can read about it here. (We won, by the way!)

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Oct 05, 2008

Christine rated it

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Recommends it for: Type A people who feel strangely unfulfilled at work

Shelves: read-fiction

I'm ALWAYS having some sort of career crisis or another. This is a career guide that distinguishes itself mainly by the Manga (Japanese comic) format. 20% of all printed material in Japan is manga so it's not too unusual that they would have career guides the same way.

From a culture (both Japanese and American) that puts heavy meaning into academia, career, and success it takes a lot to take a step back and really examine the job one is in currently and the goals that one wants t...more

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Sep 07, 2008

Adam rated it

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Recommends it for: japan obsessed college kids w/ little to no direction in life

Shelves: career

not so bad. basic lessons for approaching career life. stuff i'd heard before from various sources. SUCH AS : recognize your strengths (or something like that), and um... well can't recall what else, but most likely from talking to "old" people in careerage. OH YES! and Colin Powell's Lessons in Leadership. too bits and pieces of Art of War. Another book what was it, more of an artsy tilt, but good impact AND one of the "lessons" in that book I ACTUALLY USE something along th...more

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Aug 18, 2008

Nicholas rated it

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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Short, sweet, and to the point.

"1. There is no plan.
2. Think strengths, not weaknesses.
3. It's not about you.
4. Persistence trumps talent.
5. Make excellent mistakes.
6. Leave an imprint."

"The dirty little secret is that instrumental reasons usually don't work. Things are too complicated, to unpredictable. You never know what's going tho happen. So you end up stuck. The mots successful people - not all of the time, but most of th...moreShort, sweet, and to the point.

"1. There is no plan.
2. Think strengths, not weaknesses.
3. It's not about you.
4. Persistence trumps talent.
5. Make excellent mistakes.
6. Leave an imprint."

"The dirty little secret is that instrumental reasons usually don't work. Things are too complicated, to unpredictable. You never know what's going tho happen. So you end up stuck. The mots successful people - not all of the time, but most of the time - make decisions for the fundamental reasons. They take a job or join a company because it will let them do interesting work in a cool place - even if they don;t know exactly where it will lead."

"What do you do consistently well? What gives you energy rather than drains it? What sorts of activities create 'flow' for you?"

"The most successful people improve their own lives by improving others' lives. They help their customer solve its problem, they five their client something it didn't know it was missing, that's where they focus their energy, talent, and brainpower."

"I mean there are massive returns to doggedness. The people who achieve the most are often the ones who stick with it when others don't...They show up, they practice and practice and practice some more. That's why they do so well in whatever career they choose - even if it's not sports or music."

"Of course it is. But the world is littered with talented people who didn't persist, who didn't put in the hours, who gave up too early, who thought they could ride on talent alone. Meanwhile, people who might have less talent pass them by...That's why intrinsic motivation is so important. Doing things not to get an external reward like money or a promotion byt because you simply like doing it. The more intrinsic motivation you have, the more likely you are to persist. The more you persist, the more likely you are to succeed."

"Too many people spend their time avoiding mistakes. They're so concerned about being wrong, about messing up, that they never try anything - which means that they never do anything. Their focus is avoiding failure. But that's actually a crummy way to achieve success. The most successful people make spectacular mistakes - huge, honking screwups! Why? They're trying to do something big. But each time they make a mistake, they get a little better and move a little closer to excellence."

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Oct 09, 2011

Leanna Harris rated it

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Recommends it for: Anyone trying to figure out their professional life.

Recommended to Leanna by: My friend Sam

This was the first comic book/graphic novel(?)/manga I've ever read. I think there's a reason - the genre doesn't really click with me because I have a hard time with the words being all over the place. But a friend gave me the book and I'm glad a took the hour or so to read it. The career advice (life advice, really) is good and gave me a lot to think about. As I'm looking for a new job, I think I'll have to keep it handy so I can refer back to Diana's career advice from time to time.

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May 11, 2011

Lareese rated it

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Shelves: pep-talks

It is a book that is not quite sure who its audience is, but speaks to everyone, regardless. I am a sucker for a quick read that reinforces some things that I already know. Sometimes you need to hear it again and again... Focus on your strengths... It's not about you... And sprinkled in there are things that I knew but didn't really think about - persistence trumps talent being one of them. It is the truth and someday I will learn that lesson - if I am persistent.

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Dec 23, 2010

Robert Beveridge rated it

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Shelves: 2010-goal-list, cuy-co-pub-lib, finished

Daniel Pink, The Adventures of Johnny Bunko: The Last Career Guide You'll Ever Need (Riverhead Books, 2008)

Fun, if lightweight, manga-style career guide from business writer Pink (Drive, A Whole New Mind). Johnny Bunko is a drone at his company who finds out he can summon a career-minded genie by opening disposable chopsticks. If only we all had that ability (especially given that she's so manga-cute one of his co-workers falls for her immediately). Each time Johnny summons her, she im...more

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Feb 09, 2011

Peter Iverson rated it

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It was a fun and easy read about 6 lessons that people should know about their careers all done in Manga style. I probably would have never picked up this book if I hadn't seen it on a bunch of "must read" lists about career advice. I usually try to stay away from Manga. The lessons were pretty basic knowledge (at least in my opinion) done in a fun way.

To sum it up best I'm glad I got this from the library and didn't waste $9.50.

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Feb 20, 2010

Rosalia rated it

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Shelves: graphic-novels, young-adult, 2010

This was a fun book that tells the story of Johnny Bunko, a guy who thinks he did everything right in his career path and has still ended up unhappy. This book gives Johnny advice through Diana; a genie type creature that appears whenever he breaks his chopsticks apart. As long as the reader remembers to look past the light hearted tone of the book and focus on the advice as well, then this is well worth the read.

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