My Review of a Soon-To-Be Classic American Travel Novel
Tuesday, January 18, 2011 at 10:00AM
Abbey Hesser in Book Review, Drink Play F@#k, Useless Mutterings

That’s right, ladies and gents. In addition to writing good, I can read good too. And this break, I read what will soon become one of America’s most classic travel novels.

Drink, Play, F@#k

Don’t act like you don’t know what that third word is. It’s obviously Fahk (the @ sign is always an A and # most definitely is either an e or an h, and since faek isn’t a word that I’ve ever heard of, it’s obviously fahk). Drink, Play, Fahk is decently funny novel written, I assume, as a play off of Elizabeth Gilbert’s popular Eat, Pray, Love.

I found the book, well worth the three hours or so it took me to read it. However, if you are a slow reader, are mildly impatient or have no tolerance for fart jokes, this is not a recommended read. The book is well written. And I find its funniness scale to be somewhere between “Two and a Half Men” and the nightly news. With that in mind, I do actually recommend it as a light read and found some things Andrew wrote about to be quite hilarious. Some of those such moments listed below.

So all in all, my review is good. I enjoyed the book, but I wouldn’t waste important time on it. I enjoy the sarcasm. I enjoy that he capitalized by riding the success wave of a major novel turned movie. And I would also enjoy seeing this novel turned into a movie, starring Ricky Gervais or Vince Vauhn and with appropriately placed hot men throughout. Just a thought.

Anyone else read it? What are your thoughts?

Article originally appeared on A Chick with Baggage (http://www.achickwithbaggage.com/).
See website for complete article licensing information.