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The Misanthrope's Guide To Life: (Go Away!) (2011)

by Meghan Rowland(Favorite Author)

3.36 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1440525080 (ISBN13: 9781440525087)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

Adams Media Corporation

review 1: The Misanthrope's Guide to Life (Go Away!) is the Bible for people who hate people. This book is written by two award-winning comedy writers. They are called "the thinking man's Beavis and butthead" (1). Even the authors of this book live in separate states: one in Washington D.C and one in New Orleans. The authors start with the definition of a misanthrope, and give you a choice of three definitions to pick from: from a" loner" to a "realist". This book is organized into ten basic chapters. Each chapter shows the misanthrope relating to people in various life situations. It even includes the misanthrope's prayer. I found myself laughing my whole way through the book. I found myself relating to almost all of the situations in the book. Each chapter gives examples related ... moreto the chapter's theme . For example, chapter one "The Agnew to my Nixon, a Misanthrope Among Friends," talks about a situation and what to say or do when your friend in a terrible band asks for your "honest opinion" of their music. Situation like this, when any sane person would want to lie, are numerous in the book. They talk about convincing your friend to elope so you are not stuck having the "honor" of being in their wedding party.Do you wonder if you would enjoy reading this book? Do motivational posters make you gag? Do you only date orphans so that you never have to meet any potential in-laws? Do you dream of releasing hoards of iguanas just to keep trick-or-treaters off your lawn? If the thought of the office Christmas party makes you instinctively reach for the whisky and the only contact on your phone is the take out place down the street, then this book will change your life, just like it did mine. This book talks about what we would all like to say sometimes instead of being tactful. This book talks about dignity and tact, versus what we really want to do sometimes.Don't worry, my fellow misanthropes, you are not alone. For all of my life I thought something was wrong with me. Whenever the other children would play tag, my response to "you're it!" was always "Touch me again and I will scream." And in my later years I would always get ostracized from groups of "friends" for saying things like "small children disgust me" every time one was within punting distance. Or people would get upset when I would start harassing PETA volunteers by shouting "I LIKE MY TUNA TO HAVE DOLPHINS IN IT!" and I would begin laughing when they would start crying. The book is about the small things, like preferring a long-distance relationship with bi-monthly visits versus living with anyone that isn't my morbidly obese housecat. This book has it all: the history of misanthropy to guides on how to deal with every major holiday in a way that lets every misanthrope enjoy themselves. It also tells you, how to convince your boss to let you work from home, surviving the horrors of public transportation, how to act just crazy enough to keep the neighborhood kids from bothering you, dealing with that one thing that your roommate does that makes you so angry that your eyes leak blood, and even a simple quiz to see what kind of misanthrope you are. You can flip to any page in this book and learn something useful. No seriously, the first time I picked up this book I just flipped to a random page and learned how to say "I hate everyone" in Hebrew! Everyone who picks up this book will find something that they identify with and enjoy. Citations 1. Rowland, M. & Turner-Neal C. (2011). The Misanthrope's Guide to Life (Go Away!). Avon, MA: Adams Media. page 199 (about the authors).
review 2: I am not even gonna lie....I wanna marry this book. Seriously if you like tongue in the cheek humor and don't mind a little bit of offensiveness (and if you do then lighten up) you need to read this book soon. It's free on Barnes & Noble and Amazon so you have no excuse NOT to go get it, download it, and read it. (Other than having no computer...in which case how in the world are you seeing this review????!!!!NOW! less

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