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Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780733621338
ISBN: 0733621333
Label: St. Martin's Press
Manufacturer: St. Martin's Press
Number Of Pages: 291
Publication Date: 2006
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Studio: St. Martin's Press

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Rating: - He's a trashy memoirist, he said it himself.
Short stories or vignettes of this nature can be read in twenty minutes, out of order, one by one, all at once, etc. But do they have to wrap up with a concise moral lesson for the memoirist? Burroughs certainly writes with humor about his life; both the darker moments as well as the lighter. However at times the conclusions reached seem overly concise. Contrived, if you will. Did he really walk away from a series of bad dates thinking how glad he was not to get up in others' spinning? Or did he ... Read More

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Rating: - Very good-
Nice read--a bunch of short stories--so you can read one, not pick the book up for a couple of days, read another...however, relative to other augusten books (esp. running with scissors, dry, magical thinking), it is not QUITE as good.

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Rating: - My first Burroughs
...and though it left me less-than-amazed (as a friend promised I would be), I am mostly definitely intrigued when it comes to this author now. I can see myself reading some of his other works, even if this collection of memoir/essays are simply "okay".

All right. "Possible Side Effects" is a pretty good book. It's light and serious simultaneously, at times downright hilarious, and sometimes kind of boring. Fact of the matter is, it's pretty disorganized. Some of the story/essays made ... Read More

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Rating: - Possible Side Effects
Excellent book! Loved everything that I have read by Augusten so far. Not as great as Running with Scissors, but still a really good book that held my interest the whole time.

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Rating: - I LOVED this book!
Possible Side Effects

Augusten Burroughs has the ability to to tell experiences at all stages of his young life and turn some not so great memories into side-splitting laughter. Who doesn't embellish (a little) once you have grabbed the attention of your audience? Well that is what he does, just enough to make the story humorous. If you need a little laughter READ THIS BOOK. After my eyes would dry, I had to go back and read that paragraph or page again - only to have the same result. ... Read More

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