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| Possible Side Effects | 
 enlarge | Author: Augusten Burroughs
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  97 reviews
Sales Rank: 11748
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Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 304
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.4 x 1.1
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
ASIN: B00119M106
Publication Date: May 2, 2006
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I LOVED this book! August 29, 2008
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. These are all short stories so you don't feel (too) frustrated having to put the book down. My favorites were "The Wisdom Tooth", "Getting To No You", and "Moving Violations" . I loved this book and will soon be reading his others. I am glad my first read was "A Wolf at the Table" as it explained to me more about his quirky family - immediate and extended - although "..Wolf.." does not have the humor this book does. Not a book for youngsters - maybe not teens either. A few stories are quite liberal with language, but it is not offensive in the sense that it works with that particular experience. Would I recommend this book to my twentysomething son or daughter? YES.
 Freaking Highlarious August 1, 2008
Augusten Burroughs has a way of making mundane events laughable. Possible Side Effects has no plot. It's a series of recollections, but it's his cynical/naive/self destructive point of view that makes the work even more addictive than a continuous storyline.
Another GREAT Book from Burroughs July 28, 2008
I love this book....a very easy read. The author has a great wit and interesting life story to tell.
It got my 16 year old son to read again.
 Read the book, the material is much better in print. April 22, 2008
I own a copy of this book and found it hilarious, so I thought it'd be fun to listen to it while I'm working out or doing housework or whatever. I was wrong.
While Mr. Burroughs writing style is breezy, sarcastic, and hilarious, he can't read worth a damn. It's not his fault. He's never purported to be an actor, but for some reason here he is. I guess it's supposed to be a selling point that an author reads his own work, but what about when the author reads adult material as if he's reading to a group of schoolchildren? (And not ironically, either.) It's like a jr. high school play, where you sometimes have to strain to understand what the speaker is saying. Even though it's in English, words are sing-songy or run together, the pauses plentiful and misplaced, and emphasis is placed on every second or third word.
JE-sus.
I wish someone had had the sense to be honest with Mr. Burroughs and suggest hiring voice talent after hearing the first set of his recordings. As it is, I had to give up somewhere in the middle of the second essay. I couldn't stand to hear his excellent source material bungled so badly.
I love this book! April 7, 2008
This is by far one of the funniest books I have ever read. After reading Possible Side Effects I decided to buy as many books by Augusten Burroughs as I could.
I highly recommend this book to anyone with a twisted sense of humor. You will laugh out loud and repeat the stories to your friends, I promise.
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