christa's review
Things I've Learned From Women Who've Dumped Me
by Ben Karlin, Nick Hornby, Andy Selsberg
christa's review
Things I've Learned From Women Who've Dumped Me by Ben Karlin, Nick Hornby, Andy Selsberg
christa's review
rating:
considering the contributors' bios, i expected this to set a new standard in hilarity: comedians, sitcom writers, late show scripters. it's actually repetitious, half assed, and largely forgetable. now, scanning through names of the different chapters, i can't remember a lick about the story where the guy compares life with his wife to the time he dated a stripper or even the gist of todd hanson's essay "things more majestic and terrible than you could ever imagine."
on the other hand, the good is pretty good. a few, by the writers i alread knew i liked, stood out: neal pollack's story about his cat is fantasticly uncomfortable; and the time dan savage lost his virginity [to a woman] is easy conversational humor. i also liked paul simms' essay "i'm easy" where he clocks how long he maintains a crush on strangers who catch his eye. [45 minutes here, 30 seconds there.] he elicited the biggest laugh of the book with this line: " ... you've ordered your drink a...more
on the other hand, the good is pretty good. a few, by the writers i alread knew i liked, stood out: neal pollack's story about his cat is fantasticly uncomfortable; and the time dan savage lost his virginity [to a woman] is easy conversational humor. i also liked paul simms' essay "i'm easy" where he clocks how long he maintains a crush on strangers who catch his eye. [45 minutes here, 30 seconds there.] he elicited the biggest laugh of the book with this line: " ... you've ordered your drink a...more
