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The singing…

Revisado: 06-11-18

I LOVE Jenny; she's one of the few people for whom I get notifications on Twitter. It is for this very reason that I have to be honest here: I'm not sure why she had to sing each chapter's title. It just kinda took me out of the narrative every time she did it. IDK, maybe I'm being nitpicky but that was seriously the ONLY thing I didn't like. Otherwise, you knocked it out of the park, Jenny. Rock on.

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Dense & Dark Story

Revisado: 05-25-18

I feel like there's a lot going on in this novel with some very heavy and intense subjects, and I'm not sure I was fully satisfied with the payoff. As an X-phile, I definitely enjoyed all the passing references to the show, but it seems this book wants to be a lot of different things without ultimately settling on a fully-fleshed out identity. While a big point of the story is that we're seeing Scully as a teenager here, I felt there wasn't really enough of who she ultimately becomes. This didn't really feel like Scully. As far as the narration, it felt like she was trying to convince me of what she was saying, rather than just telling me the story, although I did enjoy certain characterizations. She did mispronounce some things ("lie-berry" for "library," for instance), which tended to pull me out. Overall, I preferred "Agent of Chaos," the young Mulder story of this series, but I'd be curious to see what Mr. Maberry's does with another Scully story, if it ends up happening, although this was pretty extreme; I'm not sure where they could go with this after the events of this book.

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Hilarious, gut-wrenching, triumphant!

Revisado: 05-22-17

What a fantastic book! Honest, intelligent, laugh-out-loud funny, eye-opening and true to the author's voice. Much more heartfelt and, at times, sad than I expected but it tells a real story that ends with Jensen in a good place. I was already a fan from his radio appearances on my favorite morning radio show (Kevin & Bean on KROQ in Los Angeles) but now I feel like he and I could be friends. Buy this book!

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Funny? Yes! Relatable? Surprisingly so!

Revisado: 12-21-16

Despite the author's contention that he is not funny, don't let him fool you; Dave Holmes is quite funny. Imagine your best friend. Now go back to the time when you had just met that person, before they were actually your BFF and you were just getting to know that person. You already knew you liked that person and all the stories you told each other about your respective childhoods, your formative years, your latest exploits as adults - that's what this book feels like, with a tiny sprinkling of celebrity dish. Dave Holmes' honesty and willingness to be forthcoming makes him instantly likable and he discusses some issues that, while intensely personal, end up being pretty universal; I found myself nodding and saying, "That's right" several times throughout, and I'm a straight late-30's Latino male from California. Definitely worth a listen.

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