#27 of 2012: You Better Not Cry by Augusten Burroughs
I would have to put the blame on the fact that I wasn’t feeling too Chrismast-y when I read this book. I usually enjoy Augusten Burroughs but this time, his antics fell a bit flat on me. It’s supposedly a short read, but I think I spent twice the amount of time on it than I should have. The other characters in the story, aka his family, seemed unfamiliar to me. Somehow like long-lost relatives, whom I supposed to be happy to meet but REALLY DON’T. Even Augusten himself sounded unfunny in some of his stories. I wish I could give this another chance, preferably during the Jesus season.
Yay!s
-It’s an anthology! Therefore you can skip stories that don’t seem interesting enough for you and get back to them when you’re extremely bored and have nothing to do.
-One of the stories, You Better Not Cry (yes, the same title of the book), tells the story of Augusten being confused on whether Jesus was Santa and vice versa. Not overly hilarious, but still can be funny.
Boo!
-In connection to one of the Yay!s, there ARE stories that you’d very much like to skip.
