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A Wolf at the Table
by Augusten Burroughs
by Augusten Burroughs
god, it almost pains me to leave augusten burroughs a shoddy review but im sorry, this book bored me to death.
one of the things i most admire and apriceiate about A.B. is his outstanding humor and wit despite the traumatic events that have shaped his life. this book lacked the humor.
and when you take away the humor, you are left with a husk. a husk filled with crap.
another thing that really drove me mad, were all the seeming contradictions that i am left from all the other books hes written. in some books, he appears to be close with his father; in others, he is a distant, but semi-neutral figure. one that isnt given much thought either way. other miniscule details as well.
augusten is still my homeboy/hero, but really. dry was a more disturbing book, and it was brilliant. but note: it was funny.
please stick to humor, augusten. maybe ill give this another try in a couple weeks, but for now i am severely hating on it.
one of the things i most admire and apriceiate about A.B. is his outstanding humor and wit despite the traumatic events that have shaped his life. this book lacked the humor.
and when you take away the humor, you are left with a husk. a husk filled with crap.
another thing that really drove me mad, were all the seeming contradictions that i am left from all the other books hes written. in some books, he appears to be close with his father; in others, he is a distant, but semi-neutral figure. one that isnt given much thought either way. other miniscule details as well.
augusten is still my homeboy/hero, but really. dry was a more disturbing book, and it was brilliant. but note: it was funny.
please stick to humor, augusten. maybe ill give this another try in a couple weeks, but for now i am severely hating on it.
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May 13, 2008 01:19pm
I'm with you Cat. I still like Burroughs too, but this book is incredibly boring! A "Daddy Dearest" without the coat hanger . . .
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Sorry, but I don't agree. I am about 3/4 through, and enjoying it completely. I understand your feelings, tho... really I do.One thing I've learned in life is that everything is a process. Now, AB may have wrote differently about his father at different times. But that MIGHT be because he is still working thru his feelings about him. His writing is healing him, is what I'm feeling. What do you think on that?
Also, many folks complain about him remembering when he was a baby. I would feel that way too, if it weren't for the fact that my Mother has always told me she remembered being a baby, of her mom rolling a ball back & forth with her. I'm 51 & she's 88, and she still remembers things vividly. And a close friend of mine remembers almost every minute detail of her entire life, down to what everyone was wearing, etc. So it IS possible I think.
Anyway, just my .02, from a huge AB fan!
