so funny...so wrong...so uncomfortable...I LOVED it!

This book brings up the old question of Why Not Just Read It on the Internets?

What a great question, you jerk.

The success of David Thorne’s web site, www.27bslash6.com, got him a book deal. A complete book deal with pages, inks, cover, and so on. But part of the site’s success is that, working in graphic design, the web site is nicely formatted for computer viewing. Really it’s like reading an e-book where the intended format was a tiny screen. So why would one then take that e-book format and timewarp it into an analog book?

Well, because I don’t have the damn internet at home. Hence the above “jerk” comment.

The book is at its best in the email strings between David and his coworkers, local Blockbuster, and his son’s teacher. Like a sort of email Jerky Boy, he strings them along and the joke becomes the fact that someone would continue to correspond as long as they do. How much does someone have to tell you about the motion picture Water World before you, as a Blockbuster employee, feel that you’ve done your due diligence and let the dude rot in bad credit land? Apparently about one shitload.

The other postings vary. Some pretty great. Some great. Some pretty. Some none of those things.

You can probably just read it for free. Hell, you’re reading this on the internet right now, right? Try out this article: http://www.27bslash6.com/overdue.html and see if you like it.

Mostly entertaining; somewhat appalling.

3.5/5⭐

Horrible

I thought hey, I liked his free books on kindle unlimited I will buy one of his books. What a mistake that was. The book sucked. Not funny at all.

I started this, fully expecting to rate it at least 4 stars. I'd previously read most of the articles on the website and found them hilarious, so I was excited to read his book. Unfortunately, the funniest articles were ones I'd already read. The new ones were mildly funny at best and annoying ramblings at worst. I would only recommend this book if the reader was not acquainted with his website.

The first time I read David Thorne's blog, "24b/7", I almost pissed myself laughing. This guy is a brilliant smart-ass.

David Thorne is bloody fantastic.

Fact. David Thorne is freaking awesome. Related fact. He already knows this, but it doesn't make him any less funny. I have snorted, guffawed and thanked heaven for my strong pelvic floor muscles multiple times as I worked my way through his posts at 27b/6. I suspect that we might not like each other in real life, which is more relevant than you might think, given that he lives in my home town, but he is too funny for this to matter. Luckily I have no plans for a career in graphic design.

His funny rating is 5 star all the way.

But his book didn't work for me on a number of levels. (A) he is most delicious in limited doses. Like in blog posts. Maybe I would have enjoyed this book more if I had just dipped into it from time to time instead of ploughing my way through from beginning to end.

(B) I had already read most of the best posts, which was a bit disappointing.

Moving right along to book no 2......