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Don't bother, just read Kitchen Confidential

Revisado: 09-06-24

This book is lazy, poorly written and atrociously edited. Two thirds of the book is spent summarizing Bourdain's own books about his life, in a more boring way than Tony did. The author manages to combine cloying political correctness with a deep and obvious hatred of women. He adds nothing to the story from original research beyond a couple of throwaway comments he got from friends, He often throws doubt on Tony's accounts of his own life, but never did enough research to actually contest anything. The author didn't seem to particularly like Tony or have any real opinion on him.

The book doesn't stop summarizing KC until past halfway, and Asia Argento doesn't arrive until 7/8ths of the way through. Tony's wives merit barely any characterization, we learn nothing about them that one wouldn't learn from Wikipedia. But then we don't learn much about Tony either. The book will casually mention that he started doing steroids, but not when or why or who got him started on them. Lazy.

The only thing worse than the book is the cloying, breathy, melodramatic way it is read.

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Absolute Masterpiece

Revisado: 05-11-24

Best performance I have listened to on Audible, hands down. I giggled uncontrollably in my car. The play does a fantastic job of advocating for the specific in such detail that the experience becomes universal. David may have set out to tell an Asian American story but his characters embrace universal themes, and he tells his story with humility and grace, from beginning to end.

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Skip if you're looking for a story

Revisado: 07-25-23

All characters are flat and static except the protagonist and the first husband. Waste of time.

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Absolutely Wonderful

Revisado: 04-22-21

Really explores a classic work with new eyes. Brings out the macabre elements while remaining whimsical and lighthearted. Only criticism: if they cut out the erotic groaning I could listen to this with my niece.

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Perfect.

Revisado: 04-11-21

absolutely amazing. beautiful story, performed wonderfully, with an amazing message we need right now. perfect.

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Ok, but not what it says it is

Revisado: 03-25-21

It's not really a study about men, it's mostly a comedian memoir of funny stories from her life. it's not bad as it goes, but there aren't really any insights here.

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great Material let down by delivery, production

Revisado: 03-24-21

Super interesting topic; too much music and poor, intellectually incurious, unfunny narration.

Lines like "(Freud is wrong because)... he based his analysis of psychology on mythology, which is of course fake" are the kind of pop culture pseudo intellectualism that abounds.

I did listen to it all, but I couldn't recommend it.

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No payoff at the end of the book.

Revisado: 01-25-21

It's a fun little picaresque, but there's no punchline. Compared to Clavells other work on the Saga in Shogun and Whirlwind, it feels like he just ran out of pages and left a half dozen plots hanging.

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Good book, weirdly edited.

Revisado: 04-10-20

Kinda confused at the end, seems to have cut off at random, then foreword again?

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Score settling second rate business advice

Revisado: 07-13-19

I wanted Chipp's insights into Athleisure, I got Chipp's self serving opinions on corporate governance.

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