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Jeff, One Lonely Guy (2012)

by Jeff Ragsdale(Favorite Author)

2.45 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1612183247 (ISBN13: 9781612183244)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Amazon Publishing - NYC

review 1: When I read the premise behind this story I thought it would be amazing - a down and out actor and stand-up comedian who posted a flyer asking people to call him if they wanted to talk.I expected some narrative, some interaction with the people who called, connections made, lessons learned, a sense of who these lonely people are and what they are doing now.The book is actually a collection of texts and messages of all the people that contacted in.The narrator didn't even include any of his own responses or reactions to the 'messages.' The lack of context throughout the book made it an absolute mind-numbing, pointless and boring read. I would not recommend this.
review 2: I actually didn't find this book to be all that bad. I think folks went into this expecting... more some profound revelation. I went into it thinking "OK, it's going to be a bunch of text messages and transcribed conversations." And that's precisely what it was...and I took from it what I could. This isn't a new-agey soul-searching pseudo-intellectual journey. If you want that, go read Eat Pray Love for the umpteenth time. If you instead just want to see how people react to a random stranger crazy enough to post his number all over NYC (and then the world), this is your book. It's a quick easy read (in my opinion) and you don't even need to read it from the start. Pick up wherever you want. It's not all that linear, and that's cool. Take it for what it is. less

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