Running With Scissors - Augusten Burroughs • BookLikes (ISBN:1843541505)

Running With Scissors

by: Augusten Burroughs (author)

ISBN: 9781843541509 (1843541505)

Pages no: 304

Edition language: English

Category:

Non Fiction, Humor, Autobiography, Memoir, Biography, Book Club, Biography Memoir, Psychology, Glbt

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Mirkat Always Reading rated it

8 years ago

http://Mirkat.booklikes.com Mirkat Always Reading 4.0 Running with Augusten Burroughs

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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...

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Bücher, Bücher, 100000 Bücher rated it

11 years ago

http://quatschmitsauce.booklikes.com Bücher, Bücher, 100000 Bücher 1.0 Running with Scissors

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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.

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Dor Does Books rated it

11 years ago

http://Dor.booklikes.com Dor Does Books 3.0 Running with Scissors: A Memoir

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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.

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Skinny Dipping Into Books rated it

13 years ago

http://SkinnyDippingIntoBooks.booklikes.com Skinny Dipping Into Books 3.0

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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.

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