Before I say anything I should get out there that I’ve got a dark side. There isn’t a lot that can shock me or scare me. With that being said I see this book was in the class of “truly unsettling, not for the average reader”. This review got my attention immediately.
I checked “Running With Scissors” out from my library and let me tell you guys, this book is FAR from unsettling. It is HILARIOUS! Yes, Augustine Burroughs had a rough childhood, but folks the way he wrote his biography is so hilariously entertaining. This is a MUST read. I’m not done with it yet, but I know it’s only going to get more hilariously entertaining and an even more of a GREAT read! I love this book and it’s kept me in stitches simply because Augustine is such a good writer. He has made his troubled childhood into something that is so hilariously funny you can’t help to appreciate that he’s made a traumatic time into a very entertaining read. There no “self pity” at all. Nothing of that sort. Just pure great read and so entertaining, so funny. The reader has to admire and respect Augustine’s strength and courage to endure what he went through into, again, a FANTASTIC, ENTERTAINING AND HILARIOUS READ. Augustan, you ROCK and thank you for sharing your biography with us. Thank you for making, what some may seem horrible and brutal into an entertaining read. I will definitely read more of your books. You are a FANTASTIC writer! One last thing. I HAVE NEVER LOL so much from reading a book. Movies, yes, but a book,,,no. I just can’t say enough about this book. It’s a MUST read.