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Summary: Narcissistic idiot's tale about HIMSELF, not his kid
Review: Leave it to uber-jerk Dan Savage to give the rest of us homosexuals a black eye once again. The emotionally-arrested biological terrorist (look into his hateful, patently illegal stunt to throw a monkey wrench into a fringe presidential candidate's campaign, all for an article on Salon.com) makes all sorts of simply bone-headed proclamations in this book. It reads as though it wasn't professionally edited, and is overlong by about 30%.You'll find all sorts of dunderheaded pearls of wisdom in Dan's relentless tale about HIMSELF and HIS OWN wishes. For example, the man who often advocates infidelity in his sex-advice column informs us here that closed adoptions are ALWAYS wrong. That's right -- because he feels his experience was the right way to do things, anyone who wants to keep a kid from knowing about a horrendous situation they were adopted out of is an amoral cretin. Dan Savage is a judgmental narcissist. I'm a gay guy who's been contemplating adoption with my partner, but I feel dirty for having read this thing. It's crass, self-absorbed and terribly, terribly self-righteous. By the way, I don't believe for one second that some of those other 1-star reviews are from actual Christians. A la Moby, there are a lot of deluded people out there aping fundies' opinions to make them look bad in forums like this. Sad. But Dan's us-vs-them mentality only reinforces those weirdos' delusions that they're helping their own cause.
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Summary: congratulations, guys
Review: A fast, funny, highly-entertaining, unapologetic read about a family.
I'd like to go on and qualify, saying things like, "_The Kid_ is great for anyone looking to adopt," or "This is a good story for people who are interested in non-traditional family structures," but that would be corny and limiting. In fact, it's simply a good book.
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Summary: Embarassing, offensive and shallow-TYPICAL SAVAGE
Review: I read this book before I ever read his column which I found to be extremely shallow, obnoxious and sarcastic. His cutesy and juvenille relationship with his boyfriend as he portrays it is one thing, but the fact that they chose to adopt because its just another option that gay people have is what I found really offensive. Nowhere in this book did i get the sense that either of them wanted to inherently be parents, it seemed like they didnt like the other alternatives for gay men so they picked this one. [...]
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Summary: smart, funny, and sincere...
Review: Dan Savage has written an excellent book here about his journy to become a parent. Anyone looking for a how to manual for gay adoption beware, this is strictly a personal tale of his thoughts, his feelings, and his experiances. However one doesn't have to be a gay man (I'm certainly not) to understand and appreciate what he goes though. In many ways, it is similar to what every parent goes through, anxiety, fear, a general sense of unpreparedness.
Dan Savage is a wonderful advice columnist, who isn't afraid to take on a country with a collective stick up its butt on the subject of sex, but this book shows that there is more to him then just sex advice. It is a person with a wonderful sense of humor and a big heart. His son is very lucky to have him as a father (and his partner seems to be an equally great guy). Also kudos to Melissa, who is such a trooper in this book.
I'm waiting patiently for the follow up volume, I would love to hear about DJ's life after birth! I would reccomend this book to any parent, any gay person, and generally anyone who likes to laugh and learn from others experiances.
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Summary: WRITTEN W/GREAT BLUNTNESS!!
Review: THIS BOOK WAS WRITTEN WITH SUCH FABULOUS HONESTY AND BLUNTNESS ONLY SAVAGE COULD DO. I THINK TOO MANY PEOPLE MIS-INTERPRET HIS HUMOR FOR SERIOUSNESS...IF THERE'S A SENSE OF HUMOR IN THE PERSON EVEN READING THE BOOK. i THINK THE BOOK HITS A LOT OF DIFFERENT ANGLES AND SPOTS USUALLY LEFT UNTOUCHED. AS HE SAYS..."HIS HOBBY" (I BELIEVE)WAS NOT LITERAL! IF YOU REALLY THINK HE'S BEING SERIOUS, THAN WHY DO YOU STILL CONTINUE READING? THIS WAS A STORY I COULDN'T LEAVE ALONE...I WAS DRAWN IN IMMEDIATELY AND SAD WHEN IT WAS OVER. LET GO OF THE 'RELIGIOUS' B.S. AND JUST ADMIT...THE STORY IS GREAT!!!
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Summary: Narcissistic idiot's tale about HIMSELF, not his kid
Review: Leave it to uber-jerk Dan Savage to give the rest of us homosexuals a black eye once again. The emotionally-arrested biological terrorist (look into his hateful, patently illegal stunt to throw a monkey wrench into a fringe presidential candidate's campaign, all for an article on Salon.com) makes all sorts of simply bone-headed proclamations in this book. It reads as though it wasn't professionally edited, and is overlong by about 30%. You'll find all sorts of dunderheaded pearls of wisdom in Dan's relentless tale about HIMSELF and HIS OWN wishes. For example, the man who often advocates infidelity in his sex-advice column informs us here that closed adoptions are ALWAYS wrong. That's right -- because he feels his experience was the right way to do things, anyone who wants to keep a kid from knowing about a horrendous situation they were adopted out of is an amoral cretin. Dan Savage is a judgmental narcissist. I'm a gay guy who's been contemplating adoption with my partner, but I feel dirty for having read this thing. It's crass, self-absorbed and terribly, terribly self-righteous. By the way, I don't believe for one second that some of those other 1-star reviews are from actual Christians. A la Moby, there is a lot of deluded people out there aping fundies' opinions to make them look bad in forums like this. Sad. But Dan's us-vs-them mentality only reinforces those weirdos' delusions that they're helping their own cause.
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