Finished this on Tuesday, 9/13/16, but haven't had a chance to write up my review. As I mentioned in my review for John Elder Robison's recent book Switched On, finding out that Augusten Burroughs is Robison's younger brother is what spurred me into downloading Running With Scissors from my library...
DNF @ 41%Yeaaah... nope. I don't know what sick sense of humor you people have but this is not humorous in the slightest. It's disturbing and sad and shocking.
I liked it. It's well written and well observed, but I would have liked a little more retrospective-ity-ness about the situations. "Augusten" is mainly a passive observer in these events which I felt weakened the narrative - some further perspective would have been interesting.
didnt hate it but it didnt delight me either. it just seemed like another whiny author trying to convince his readers that his childhood sucked. he neglected the fact that most peoples childhoods sucked.
Este libro es al mismo tiempo menos gracioso de lo que creía, pero también mas gracioso de lo que esperaba. Los comentarios del autor no son tan ingeniosos, pero las situaciones que describe me hicieron reir en mas de una ocasión. Quiza es solo el hecho de que leer sobre "familias" tan inestables me...
didn't hate it but it didnt delight me either. it just seemed like another whiny author trying to convince his readers that his childhood sucked. he neglected the fact that most peoples childhoods sucked. Too be fair I read this far too quickly, and therefore maybe it was I who missed the mark. I ...
I've read this so many times, but it never gets old. Burroughs has such a sharp wit and sense of humor about him that he keeps you laughing even during what seems like disturbing parts of the book. It at some points doesn't seem like this was real but it's one of those stranger than fiction type thi...
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