Cat's review
A Wolf at the Table: A Memoir
by Augusten Burroughs
I'm with you Cat. I still like Burroughs too, but this book is incredibly boring! A "Daddy Dearest" without the coat hanger . . .
Cat's review
A Wolf at the Table: A Memoir by Augusten Burroughs
Cat's review
rating:
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.
I'm with you Cat. I still like Burroughs too, but this book is incredibly boring! A "Daddy Dearest" without the coat hanger . . .