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Summary: I wanna be uncool like Dan
Review: a fantastic, quick, laugh-out-loud read.
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Summary: Great book!
Review: As a twenty-something, I read this book and found hilarious some of the things he refers to that were totally cool to do (dumpster dive for furniture) that wouldn't pass at a later age. Or also not being able to stay out late and party, or things that sounded totally boring are actually enjoyable at a later age. Very funny!
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Summary: Great book!
Review: As a twenty-something, I read this book and found hilarious some of the things he refers to that were totally cool to do (dumpster dive for furniture) that wouldn't pass at a later age. Or also not being able to stay out late and party, or things that sounded totally boring are actually enjoyable at a later age. Very funny!
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Summary: Confession: I Loved this Book!
Review: Being in my early twenties and recently living on my own, I find myself becoming an actual grown-up (which is kinda bumming me out) and feeling that i'm becoming uncool. I found myself laughing out loud and nodding my head in agreement with a lot of what Mr. Zevin says. Reading this book made me feel better knowing that there are other people who feel like I do. I would recommend this book to anybody, but especially those in their 20's and 30's; I think everybody can relate to and laugh at something in this book! It's also a very quick read and can easily be read in one day. I suggest you pick up a copy and have a good laugh. :)
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Summary: I too suffer from the Peter Pan complex....
Review: Dan Zevin is articulate and incredibly insightful in addressing the awful realization that we all must grow up one day....or at least pretend until science finds a cure for this terrible ailment. He has a natural flair for storytelling and finding the humor in the seemingly mundane chores of every day life. This book fabulous! It's a quick read and leaves you wanting more! Buy it for yourself! Buy it for all your uncool friends!
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Summary: It'll make you laugh out loud
Review: Dan Zevin seems to be a quiet, unassuming guy who finds hilarity in every day life. I have read, and re-read his previous books with great delight. His insights are spot-on and funny. I think Dan would be a fun guy to hang out with, especially if he brings his dog.Dan Zevin reminds me of Dave Berry. If you liked Dan, check out Sandra Tsing Loh. They are both about the same age and seem to deal with life with the same wry sense of humor.
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Summary: It'll make you laugh out loud
Review: Dan Zevin seems to be a quiet, unassuming guy who finds hilarity in every day life. I have read, and re-read his previous books with great delight. His insights are spot-on and funny. I think Dan would be a fun guy to hang out with, especially if he brings his dog. Dan Zevin reminds me of Dave Berry. If you liked Dan, check out Sandra Tsing Loh. They are both about the same age and seem to deal with life with the same wry sense of humor.
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Summary: Hip to Be Square?
Review: Hey, I'm 36. Six years ago I was crashing in laundry rooms in houses with, as Dan Zevin puts it, "more roommates than rooms." I strode through the streets of Seattle after dark without fear, carrying kicky little handbags made of cola cans, and met most of my ever-changing circle of boyfriends through personal ads in an alternative paper. Now I'm hooked up with one person, own part of a condo, and the hippest thing about me is my actual hips, which have broadened to accommodate my two kids. So OF COURSE I'm gonna' find Zevin's book-The Day I Turned Uncool-better than anything I've read this summer. It's like reading my own diary. And of course I'm gonna' find this book funny. Hilariously funny. Milk-through-your-nose hilariously funny. I identified most strongly with three basic themes in Zevin's essays First, there is a sense of ashamed of privilege or ownership ("I Take Pride in My Lawn," "I Joined a Health Club," "I Hired a Cleaning Lady"). Second, there are signs of aging ("I Am a Figure of Authority", "My Social Circle Has Shriveled and Shrunk", "Getting Dressed is Getting Harder"). And third, there are essays reflecting a general fear of drifting into even deeper realms of the uncool ("Going Out Has Been Replaced by Going Out to Dinner", "The World is No Longer My Oyster," "Paternal Instincts are Plaguing Me"). I identified so strongly I read passages of this book to anyone who would listen. My partner, my brother, the other Mommies in my toddler's playgroup-we all compared notes and found this book to be truer than true. Ruefully true. And funny. Did I mention funny already? But when I read some passages to my parents, who still find Willie Nelson cool, they shrugged. Sure, it was amusing, but they thought Zevin had a long ways to go. So yeah-I would have given this book 5 stars. I'm a Gen Xer who was once glad to have enough money for a bottomless cup of coffee and am now glad to have an IRA. But it looks like the appeal is limited to me & my kind.
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Summary: Hilarious
Review: Honestly this book was hilarious. I could NOT stop laughing. I bought it for my husband who is in Zevin's exact same shoes. Very relatable and funny book!
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Summary: Such a good book
Review: I don't often buy humor books, but this one looked too funny to pass up. It turns out that the book is funny, but also insightful and a really good and quick read. The essays can stand alone, though they all fit together very nicely. I especially like the essay comparing Zevin's study abroad semester in Denmark with his week abroad visiting his younger brother in Spain. Definitely one of my new favorites!
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