I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell
by Tucker Max
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Book Reviews of I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell
Book Review: Second Generation Animal House
Summary: 4 Stars
This book is funny and completely believable.
The writing reminded me of the better National Lampoon stories of the 1970s (the ANIMAL HOUSE golden days of obnoxious humor). Rude, crude, hilarious.
Even though Tucker Max is a sexist, drunken player, I also found it hard to feel sorry for his "victims." In fact, I couldn't see most of his women as "victims" at all. There wasn't much deception or manipulation on his part; there just appears to be a lot of drunken, easy women out there who fall for anything.
The stories have that unmistakable authenticity of having really happened, no matter how ridiculous or outrageous they become. Just the title chapters alone were making me laugh out loud.
If there's anything sad about this very funny book, it has little to do with Tucker Max. He's hilarious, honest and talented. What's sad is how many beautiful women fall for him--a mystery that can never be answered by most of us and players like Tucker himself. We can laugh about the absurdity of it all...but we'll never really understand it.
Book Review: Not for people with fragile personnalities!
Summary: 5 Stars
If you're one of those who belive that everyone has to live by your set of values; then just avoid yourself the pain of reading this book, because surely you'll feel attacked in your own sense of identity.
On the stories, i don't see anything that shocking i haven't seen any murder, stealing or anything, except maybe it can kill you from laughing.
A lot of people go through life in a walking daze, they do not even know where their values and principles come from, they can't think beyond the thick layers of their ego, labels, judegements and comparisons and are more capable of actual real damage. This book is just meant for entertainement and hopefully will accomplish more than that.
The moral i would get out of it is don't take yourself too seriously, and stop calling evry casual enconter the dude has as a "crime" with a "victim" and a "manipulatuve scheme it just looks stupid.
As for real crime entrtainement i would suggest your local weapons dealer, your freindly wall street neards who bankruped your banks and now your employements, Irak war etc...
Book Review: I hope they serve beer at the writer's workshop.
Summary: 1 Stars
I borrowed this book on a deployment when reading material was very scarce. I read a little over half of it before I grew bored. Every story is basically the same. Some guy gets drunk, has sex and does something humiliating or a variation of that formula. The writing is mediocre at best and lacks any memorable prose.
However I think the most irritating part about this book is that the author claims all the stories are true. They are not. Some may be but most are not. Of the 6 stories/chapters I read, 4 stories I had heard before in the early to mid 90s either in college or in the army. They are Frat/Army/Young male urban legends. They always start something like My brother was telling me about this guy in his frat who "Insert drinking/sex/humiliation story here". There is nothing wrong with these stories. I have told a few of them myself. However the main draw of this book seems to be that the stories are true. When they are obviously fiction or at least exaggerations it detracts from the book and makes it sort of silly.
Book Review: Worth a read
Summary: 4 Stars
I dont really care to read. I was in AK on a business trip and a friend was dying laughing while reading a story so he had me read it. I did and, while childish, thought it was amusing. When I returned home I told a friend about it. I was ordering some items from Amazon a couple months later and asked if she wanted me to order anything for her to save shipping and she surprised me by telling me to order the books I told her about. When it came in I read it and thought most of the stories were actually quite funny. It took me 3 months to read a real 400pg book but I read this 330pg book in 4 days. I agree he is a douche and I personally couldnt act that way but it was still funny and I actually laughed out loud several times. I will say I found Slingblade to be the funnier of the characters, probably because he mirrors my own thoughts quite well. I can't guarantee women will be as amused by the stories but I would still recommend reading it for things to watch out for.
Book Review: Funny for perhaps all the wrong reasons
Summary: 5 Stars
I read excerpts of this book here on Amazon. I had to have the book! So last week I got it and I have the most difficult time putting it down.
In most of the stories in "I Hope They..." have Tucker drunk and doing questionable things. Most people have one or two of these stories in their life that they'll repeat ad nasuem... Tucker's got a whole book. And yes, he's a jerk, but an intelligent and charismatic one; the most dangerous kind. Even when he's sober, he's got that arrogance to him (like when he complains that he was only making $2,100 a week at this one firm istead of the $2,400 that the firms in New York were paying).
These stories are crisp, funny, and a bit unnerving all at once. You can get down on Tucker Max... but you'd have a hard time denying that this book is pretty dang funny. You won't belive a good bit of it. I'm sure we've all been Tucker Max at least one night. He's a modern day frat boy Casanova.