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Tucker Max’s third and final book in his series of stories about his drunken debauchery and ridiculous antics. What began as a simple sentence on an obscure website, “My name is Tucker Max, and I am an asshole,” and developed into two infamously genre-defining books, I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell and Assholes Finish First, ends here.
But as you should expect from Tucker by now, he is going out with a bang—literally and figuratively. In this book, you’ll learn:
* How to live and work in Cancun, while still enrolled in Law School,
* Why Halloween is really awesome,
* How to subtly torture a highstrung roommate until he explodes with furious anger over a misplaced condiment,
* What really happened when a dirty pageant girl tried to sue Tucker because he told the truth,
* Why you should never accept a homemade treat from a hippie with a van, and
* What happens when Tucker turns sexting into a sport.
He’s still Tucker Max, and—for one more book—he’s still an asshole.
About the Author
Tucker Max received his B.A. from the University of Chicago and his J.D. from Duke Law School. His first book, I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell, was a #1 New York Times bestseller and spent more than 170 weeks on the list. He has also been credited with being the originator and leader of the literary genre “fratire,” and was nominated to Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential List in 2009. He currently lives in Austin, Texas, and can be reached through his website, TuckerMax.com.
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4.1 out of 5 stars (54 customer reviews)
58 of 75 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Tucker's vindictive side rears its ugly head, Feb 20 2012
By Thrasybulus - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Hilarity Ensues (Hardcover)
I'll give him this: Tucker entertains. His stories are for the most part well written, and his third book is a fun and easy, albeit frivolous read. As usual, a good chunk of the book is just emails to and from his friends, some dating back years. That, coupled with multiple pages dedicated to his "sexting" with his core fan base, i.e. immature and insecure teenage girls, sort of undermines his claim of being a prolific writer.Tucker is at his best when he writes about his friends' various idiosyncrasies. The chapter about his friend Hate was by far the funniest, containing some exemplary wit.
He is absolutely at his worst when he gives life advice. The "wisdom" he imparts is shallow, hackneyed, and hardly conducive to forming good character. At one point in the book, he suggests that kids shouldn't listen to anything their parents say, that they should just follow their own rules and the hell with the norm. So, when your dad preaches the importance of virtues such as loyalty, honor, fortitude, and honesty, just ignore the old man. Very rebellious, Tucker! This is painfully cliched and unenlightened advice.
By far the most disturbing chapter is on Miss Vermont.
It reveals a vindictive, pathologically narcissistic, and petty side of Tucker. He takes extreme pride in destroying a young, innocent girl for absolutely no good reason. He comes off as border-line sadistic in challenging Miss Vermont to write her version of events. Miss Vermont didn't want stories about her private sexual encounters published on the internet (who would?), yet Tucker takes delight in revealing intimate details about their relationship. Worse, he hides under the first amendment to justify his actions. Tucker fancies himself as a champion of free speech, when the real story is Tucker's cowardice in continuing to taunt a girl, whose privacy he had already shamelessly violated. Tucker feigns indignation at Miss Vermont's hypocrisy--her preaching chastity on the one hand, and not living up to it on the other. And that is apparently good enough reason for Tucker to go after her with a religious like fervor. He almost exudes moral righteousness that comes off as incredibly petty, creepy and vengeful. In short, the Miss Vermont story makes him look really small, vindictive and cowardly.
Hilarity Ensues is a fun read--with the salient exception of the Miss Vermont chapter--but it belies Tucker's delusion that he has grown or that he is an exceptional writer. He is still petty, at times bitter, and never particularly insightful.
14 of 21 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Worst of his three books, Feb 12 2012
By Shane Paxton - Published on Amazon.com
It appears this book is the book with the leftover stories. I wish Tucker would've put stories in chronological order because the stories jump all over time during the last decade. First two books I felt had a subtle message being sent with the book, but this one does not have one. On a postive note I got some laughs out of the book.
43 of 65 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
Puberty Boredom Ensues, Feb 20 2012
By Steve B. - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Hilarity Ensues (Hardcover)
Vacuous, juvenile, narcisstic babble. Target audience is teenage virgins with zero life experiences. Judging from the blogger scribbling attempts at plot development, dynamics, or even the most basic coherency...one would assume that is who wrote it.Here's a synopsis of a typical groundbreaking "hilarious" story. Author goes somewhere with loser friends. Like a catty girl, he makes snarky comments about them constantly, while bragging about himself. Story is a yawnfest, so he exaggerates it into an epic legend. Insert love interest; an overweight, ugly girl. He insults her with lines he thought of over the last six months, while writing the book. Add a token gross event, or a lame fart joke. Scene ends. Soon thereafter, he sends dirty sex/insult texts to another girl; probably large, and with no self-esteem. Then he offers scholarly advice on life. I kid you not.
Oh. One glaring little problem. It's not funny. No hilarity ensues. No token knee slap. Not even a grin. It's as if the book itself is the joke, if not the unintentionally hilarious, misplaced arrogance. I mean really, really bad.
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