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Autographed I'm Awesome: One Man's Triumphant Quest To Become The Sweetest Dude Ever (2000)

by Jason Ellis(Favorite Author)

3.75 of 5 Votes: 5

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review 1: This isn't the kind of book I normally read. It caught my eye on the "New" book shelf at the library, and I was intrigued by the bad boy changes into good guy summary on the jacket. I was immediately pulled into the story of Jason's life. I connected with his childhood issues and life/relationship struggles. He does a good job of explaining human (male) behavior that I didn't understand until I read his perspective on it. It is a very inspiring story, reinforcing my belief that no matter where you come from, and although sometimes we can be our worse enemy, we also have the ability to change and redirect our lives.
review 2: To be honest, I was hoping for more. Not that Ellis holds anything back, he lays his drug and alcohol addled past right out there in... more gory details, but falls short in his post-addiction life. One chapter he's hooked then he's just clean; no mention of how or how difficult it was or wasn't. The narrative feels like a drunk telling a story: it randomly wanders from place to place with no reference of when the stories take place. One moment he is in 2004 then he jumps back to 2000, at least as far as the reader can tell. It wasn't without its surprises, at least for me. I've known of Ellis since the first Tony Hawk Gigantic Skatepark tour back in 2000 and loosely followed him though those events. I had no idea that he was blasted as he was during those times. To hear how much he consumed was shocking to me; maybe it wouldn't be to a die hard Ellis fan, but to a more casual observer it was surprising. If you like stories of heavy drug use and loads of sexual encounters you will most likely love this book at those tales consume 80% of the text. I did enjoy it for the most part, but felt a bit let down by the randomness of the timeline and the brush over his now clean life. Good for him, though, to put his not so pretty past out there and show he was able to get past his addictions. less

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