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This Is A Book (2011)

by Demetri Martin(Favorite Author)

3.76 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0446539708 (ISBN13: 9780446539708)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

Grand Central Publishing

review 1: The only reason I finished this book is that I want to catch up on my reading challenge numbers (I should go for a page number goal rather than a number of books, since I keep reading massive books like the Outlander series). If you are going to read this book, you probably like Demetri Martin already, which is a good start. You'll probably be familiar with his more than slightly absurd style. Unfortunately, this style really didn't work for me in written form. It was basically a collection of one liners (some stretched out over several pages) that were really hit and miss with me (mostly miss).
review 2: There were a couple standout funny moments in the book, but honestly I found Martin's writing and drawings more interesting than funny. I enjoyed his short fi... morection stories, as well as his random listings. Very clever indeed. If you were to purchase this book- without knowing Demetri Martin (which I didn't)- based solely on the star studded reviews on the back cover, I think you'd believe the book was more laugh-out-loud funny than it is. That being said...I could picture Martin and Jason Schwartzman collaborating really well together. less

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