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Summary: Same age and same city as David, the main character.
Review: A story about love, with many cliches and stale jokes littered throughout. The first three quaters of the story are rather emotionless. If you havn't heard the jokes before you must be living in a bubble of sorts. Seems as Scott Mebus is upset about being dumped by a girl in much the same fashion David, the main character, dumped the Eater of Souls. The highpoint of the book was the ending, mostly because the dumb jokes faded and I finally felt an ounce of compassion for Daivd. Overall it's a quick easy read that deals with a man breaking up with his semi-psycho girlfriend.
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Summary: stale gags
Review: Booty Nomad is sort of like a standup comedy routine you'd see at a Jersey City lounge in 1959. There aren't any original ideas here, the writing is uninspired and I found the none-too-subtle misogyny (all the female characters are boiled down to one trait: i.e., the Eater of Souls, who seems to have been pretty wise to have dumped the narrator, and Bendy Girl) less than amusing. Overall, it's a lot of tired, whiny, schtick. I couldn't finish it.
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Summary: To Scott Mebus
Review: Guy, if you actually want people to buy this book you might want to consider taking that blurb down. It's not "charming" and your jokes are tired and weak (the tipping a forty for my homies routine has been run into the ground nearly as much as the "why don't they make the whole plane out of the black box..." routine). I haven't read the book but to prove I'm not just about trying to tear you down I've given it five stars. Congrats on getting it published, good luck with everything...
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Summary: smart but boring
Review: Hard to believe that a book about a recognizably smart and educated hipster meandering through the terrain of love and lust could be so dull, especially considering how hard he tries to be funny. Not a laugh to be had, not one.
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Summary: lacking....
Review: I did not enjoy this book. The main character, David, is so shallow and dim, it was very difficult to muster any compassion for his struggles. The writing style was hard to read as well. The author uses a lot of short choppy sentences which made me feel like I was reading a telegraph! It was really depressing to think that a human could actually exist in the main character's condition; there was no depth to this man (or anyone other character in the book for that matter)! Get a life, get a real job, a real brain and a real heart, a strong does of integrity, then maybe the book would have been an interesting read.
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Summary: So funny!
Review: I don't know what half of the people on this review site are talking about...I live in NYC and my friend gave me this book because she knows the guy who wrote it (apparently). Anyway it is a hilarious book and totally on-the-mark where dating is concerned. But more than that it seemed to be about good friends living in New York. I loved it!
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Summary: Please read this book. Otherwise I will cry.
Review: I know, I know. Giving myself a review is a little shameless. But would a guy using the word "booty" not to mention the word "nomad" in a title really be on speaking terms with shame? I will, however, refrain from pointing out the delightful qualities of my quirky little novel. Instead, I will use this space to wish everyone a Happy Valentine's Day. Not that I have a date or anything. But why should you let your concern for my romantic well-being dampen your candy and flowers-filled day? Go ahead, enjoy the intimate dinner with your one true love. Don't worry about me back home in the garage slumped in a lawn chair dressed in my old blue prom tux listening to "Where is the love" on endless repeat. I'm cool, really, go enjoy yourself. I've got lithium. Order the lobster, you deserve it. Of course, amidst all this celebration of love, if your thoughts flutter briefly away from your cozy restaurant table to touch momentarily upon my lonely figure double fisting twin forty-ounces (one for me, one for my homeys), then there's one thing you can do. Wait. No, I couldn't. Well, since you asked. You know what makes a great gift on Valentines day? A beautiful new copy of a certain book, lovingly inscribed by you for your one true love. Wow. So thoughtful of you. I can't believe you did that. You made me cry after all...
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Summary: Laugh out loud funny!!
Review: I loved Booty Nomad. It reminded me of many interesting situations with women in my own life, and the one-liners were hilarious. I can't wait to read it again. It's mainly a book for guys. I think that most girls would find it completely chauvinistic. Trust me guys, you'll love it. You'll support him, and feel sorry for him at times. You'll totally relate to all of his problems, especially how to deal with 10 different types of women at the same time. A highly reccommended read.
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Summary: Maybe I Just Didnt Get It
Review: I read this book to provide a 'listeners' opinion on a BBC radio show review to coincide with its UK launch. Well, I managed to plough my way through it and I admit that there were several parts which I found genuinely funny and perceptive. Unfortunately these were matched in equal number by sections which were both banal and repetitive. This seriously detracted from the books rating, and I think that is a shame. Scott has a generally readable style which, when he avoids the lengthy exploration of the irrelevant, makes me expect that he has a good future as an author. The characters were quite entertaining and while I thought the device of referring to his girlfriends by a trait or label rather than by name would be annoying, it did actually work quite well. Anyone expecting pages of unfettered sexual activity will be disappointed as this book, rightly, deals with the passage of relationships and the angst of a young male in the new millennium. But why do we keep eavesdropping 3-way conversations with his parents, why the constant angst about Victoria's Secret, why the unnecessary blow by blow (sorry) account of Puppet Yoga (which was probably the nearest to lurid sex that we get!). On the flip side one characters tirade when incensed at a family party was a stroke of literary brilliance. I laughed for ages over the poignancy and perceptiveness of that - we all would because we've all wanted to say just that ourselves but never dared to do so. The radio review spent much time discussing why the cover of the UK edition was different to than in the US. I don't have a problem with the cover design. My feeling is that the back cover is too far away from the front. At 400 pages this book is too long. Judicious editing and the avoidance of irrelevance and repetition could have saved perhaps 80 pages and made it a less arduous read in the process. On balance, the book is OK, particularly for a first novel and shows promise for the future but could have been better. Yes, it's worth a read because there are good bits just don't expect the earth. There is a film being made - maybe wait for that then read the book to see what Scott originally meant.
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Summary: Great book!
Review: I really liked it. The characters were funny and real and not as I'd expect them to be. The jokes were laugh out loud funny. I read one part out loud to my boyfriend, which I never do, and Mr. Frown actually cracked a smile! A nice, quick, fun beach read. I wish I was on a beach when I was reading it!
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