Running with Scissors: A Memoir,   ISBN:9780312938857

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Augusten risked the wrath of family to write this book. But after living through his harrowing childhood years, this must've been a piece of cake. WHile sometimes hard to read, anything less than the truth tells the complete story. A thoughtul, funny read.

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They say "Don't judge a book by its cover." I've also learned not to judge a book by its title. It's probably my fault that I didn't do a bit more research into what this book was about before I purchased it, but the title caught my eye and I tend to be an impulsive buyer when it comes to books. Unfortunately, I also feel compelled to finish what I start and so struggled through this book to its completion. I'm normally a thriller, mystery, horror kind of guy, but enjoy a good comedy when I can find one. I would not classify this book as a comedy. Some others have obviously enjoyed this story, but I found it disturbing and nothing more.

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Hilarious if you enjoy descriptions of whiners whose hobbies include polishing their coins, and find homosexual pedophilia a suitable topic for humorous description. I don't. Recommended to me by someone who also suggested The Corrections (which I enjoyed immensely), this was a long, slow trek through pretentious, disgusting crap. Sorry I paid money for it. Should have borrowed it from the library or simply read something worthwhile instead. To be avoided.

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Reading the book opens your eyes to Afghanistan, but the book's storyline shrouds the violence and anger which seems to be pervasive. It does not want to deal with them. There is a cowboy mentality to the problems which this book unearths.
Pretty obvious the guy has lived in the States.

Skip the book, stick with the movie!

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There were part of this book that seemed unreal but other parts that I knew were true because similar things happened in my life. A very memorable book.