I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell by Tucker Max Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell
Book Review: A highly uplifting collection of modern day fables.
Summary: 5 Stars
Tucker Max's writing, anthologised in this book, works on a number of different levels. It provides, in the blunt and unadulterated style that flows through the cult movement of writing that has been christened 'fratire' (exponents include internet satirists Maddox and Robert Hamburger, as well as Max himself) a hilarious glimpse into the surreal universe that is Tucker Max's life. The titles of many of the stories alone (i.e. The Blowjob Follies) instantly conjure the image of peurile, "gross out", post Farelley brothers humour, but these stories are much more then that. Max is a tremendous writer, and how he turns the experiences of his life into not only hilarious comedy, but also morality tales, social satire, and character studies is nothing short of genuis. The dialouge (again, all real) is superb: witty, subtle, and instantly qoutable, whilst Max's insightful narration is eqauly amusing.
The strength of the book are how the stories come alive. The subject matter of the stories themselves are extreme enough, but it is the little details that Max injects into his tales that provide some of the book's more glorious moments. Add to that a superb cast of characters, all Max's real life friends, each with there own quirks and back stories that make them both endearing and repulsive in eqauly hilarious measures. None more so then Max himself; behind his narcassistic, manipulative persona appears to be someone who knew what sort of life he wanted, and decided that he was going to live that life, regardless of the consequences.
And that seems to be the highly uplifting moral and subtext of the whole book. Beneath the drunken revelry and carnal disarray, Tucker Max's message to the world is that life is all about choices; choose to be yourself, choose to forget the rules that govern social interaction, choose not to sacrifice the life you want to have by worrying about acceptance and aprooval. And that message is far, far from the worst that the world can be exposed to.
Book Review: If I go to hell...
Summary: 1 Stars
I hope I don't have to drink along side Tucker Max and listen to his awful stories. Book Review: Fantastic
Summary: 5 Stars
It's quite simple. Tucker's stories are hilarious. As a female, I feel like I should find his womanizing, drunken ways, offensive. I should be appalled by his rude behaviour towards unsuspecting victims. I should close my eyes, and block my ears to avoid the filth he comes out with. Surely he has stepped too far over the line. Yet I find myself in tears from laughing so hard. Tucker is witty and intelligent, and if I were a man, I'd want to be him.Book Review: Awesome
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is hilarious. This guy tries to get himself into stupid, but funny situations and somehow gets away with it, often with a blonde on his arm at the end of it all. I was laughing out loud reading it on the tube and attracting a lot of strange looks. Well, if they can't take a joke....Book Review: Won Me Over
Summary: 4 Stars
I had no interest in reading Tucker Max, I never liked his site or thought much of him. Then I read that awful book THE AVERAGE AMERICAN MALE. I decided Tucker couldn't be that bad. The book won me over. It is edited well and the stories are funny. I'm still not impressed by Tucker, who does nothing clever at all, but when I want to read about a complete jerk and laugh, it's a good time. When I want to stop, I just close the book. Two much better books are THE ALPHABET OF MANLINESS and GOD IS A WOMAN: DATING DISASTERS.