About book Dear Girls Above Me: Inspired By A True Story (2013)
I picked this book from the humor section at Barnes and Noble, sure there was some lines that made me chuckle, but there were also times were I felt that the story went off track. For me it was chapter eight. I felt like I wasted a good twelve minutes without advancing the story. With that being said, I did not hate the book nor did I think it was great read. Personally I feel that this would have been better of being an indie film than a book. Here's the thing about this book -- which I'll admit I only read about halfway through -- if you have no qualms about sexual humor, you'll enjoy it.For me as a Christian, though, I stopped reading it halfway through because I didn't think I needed to put anymore junk in my head. And I never, and I mean never, stop reading a book halfway through. The most frustrating thing for me is that Charlie McDowell is funny! He's got just the right amount of cynicism, sarcasm and jaded-ness to make his punchlines work. I laughed out loud several times, sometimes over jokes I wish I hadn't. But he goes for the "cheap" and "easy" laughs with sexual humor. And though it may be because of my faith, I believe the true funniness of an individual is measured best when he can create humor without relying on crudeness. In addition, the layout of the book seemed a bit awkward to me. I understand that it's popular (and interesting) sometimes to break the norm and not have certain sections split up and labeled to death. But honestly, sometimes I just want to know why certain things that seem unrelated are grouped together. As in, did you hear all four of these comments in one day? Did you feel they were related? I'm probably missing the point, but an organizational nut like me wants structure when I read.So yes. Funny, but crude. And if you're wanting to steer clear of anything that will paint vivid sexual images for you, I wouldn't read this.
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Hilarious, touching and one of my most favourite reads so far this year.
—Robskitten13
