review 1: This book is supposed to be a modern "tall tale." Think Paul Bunyon and Babe the Big Blue Ox, except Paul Bunyon (a.k.a. "Awesome") is an egotistical giant and Babe is his robot ward. It's kind of funny at first, which is why I gave it the extra star, then it gets ridiculously stupid. Basically, it feels like I just watched back-to-back episodes of South Park and now I want that 60 minutes (or the week I wasted reading) of my life back. review 2: Gyahh this book is freaking stupid and boring. About a giant named Awesome who is obsessed with his equally giant male organ, and talks about it ever other page. See, this book is so stupid that it is either extremely funny or extremely stupid. I am in the latter group. Perhaps I'm not cool enough to think that ... moresophisticated writing about male members is funny, I don't know. I mean, one of the three positive quotes on the back of the book comes from Barry Hannah, who is a good friend of Pendarvis, so that doesn't mean crap. Waste of my time, I've got a list of better books I want to read. less
