Take a photo of a barcode or cover
howlinglibraries 's review for:
DNF @ 40%
Standard DNF rating/review disclaimer: I only mark DNFed titles as "read" and/or give them star ratings if I read enough of the book to feel justified in doing so.
I saw this book get so many rave reviews, I really hoped to enjoy it, especially given that I typically like comedic memoirs and I tend to like medical memoirs as well. Sadly, the diary entry-esque formatting didn't work for me, especially in an audiobook format, and I didn't find many of the pieces particularly funny. While the author's fashion of delivery was entertaining, many of the stories felt like either: 1) cheap shots at a patient's intelligence level, weight, sexual activity, etc., or 2) the sort of one-liners my grandmother used to forward me lists of in long, graphics-filled emails.
On top of that, the audiobook actually seems to abruptly switch narrators near the halfway point, which obviously has no real impact on my rating, but it was a bit of a bizarre choice and I thought it was worth mentioning. Or maybe Adam Kay underwent puberty at some point. Or maybe I'm totally imagining things. All I know is that, from one chapter to the next, the narrator's voice changed drastically and it was weird.
Thank you so much to the publisher and LibroFM ALC Program for providing me with this finished audio copy in exchange for an honest review!
Standard DNF rating/review disclaimer: I only mark DNFed titles as "read" and/or give them star ratings if I read enough of the book to feel justified in doing so.
I saw this book get so many rave reviews, I really hoped to enjoy it, especially given that I typically like comedic memoirs and I tend to like medical memoirs as well. Sadly, the diary entry-esque formatting didn't work for me, especially in an audiobook format, and I didn't find many of the pieces particularly funny. While the author's fashion of delivery was entertaining, many of the stories felt like either: 1) cheap shots at a patient's intelligence level, weight, sexual activity, etc., or 2) the sort of one-liners my grandmother used to forward me lists of in long, graphics-filled emails.
On top of that, the audiobook actually seems to abruptly switch narrators near the halfway point, which obviously has no real impact on my rating, but it was a bit of a bizarre choice and I thought it was worth mentioning. Or maybe Adam Kay underwent puberty at some point. Or maybe I'm totally imagining things. All I know is that, from one chapter to the next, the narrator's voice changed drastically and it was weird.
Thank you so much to the publisher and LibroFM ALC Program for providing me with this finished audio copy in exchange for an honest review!