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This book is horrible. I didn't find it funny at all. The family that the author lives with is slovenly and twisted, which I'm sure did not help his well-being. I will never read another book by this author.
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I was shocked when I realized, about 2/3 of the ways through, that this was nonfiction! Wow. What a childhood!!!
Very interesting, difficult to read at times. Knowing that his extremely unusual upbringing was true, or at least close to it, made it quite upsetting to me in places. But I couldn't put it down, laughed out loud in places and was thankful that I had read it when I was done.
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