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A review by brokenweed
Sock by Penn Jillette
1.0
The worst movie I have ever seen was Penn and Teller Get Killed. It was written by Penn and Teller. I should have known better that garb a book by Penn Jillette. Their Bullshit! show is good, and Penn has written some good essays and articles. This book sucks.
The premise is a sort of buddy cop story. A NYC diver and his sock monkey. It is told from the point of view of the sock monkey. The monkey is not very bright or Penn just forgot how to write interesting stuff. I knew the book would be a challenge to finish when I pulled a bookmark out from the third chapter. The last reader only made it seven pages. I wanted to quit after the first page. The bookmark was an info card on ovarian cancer. Cancer is one of the few things that is worse than this book.
Penn/Sock Monkey try to be culturally hip. Just because you can quote "Faster Pussy Cat Kill Kill" and "Last Train to Clarksville" does not make you hip. It means you ran out things to write and are letting The Byrds and Cody Simpson write for you.
Now my dilemna is whether to return this book to one of the Little Libraries in the neighborhood or toss it in the recycle bin. Some people rated this book with 4 or 5 stars. Some people also liked "Gigli."
The premise is a sort of buddy cop story. A NYC diver and his sock monkey. It is told from the point of view of the sock monkey. The monkey is not very bright or Penn just forgot how to write interesting stuff. I knew the book would be a challenge to finish when I pulled a bookmark out from the third chapter. The last reader only made it seven pages. I wanted to quit after the first page. The bookmark was an info card on ovarian cancer. Cancer is one of the few things that is worse than this book.
Penn/Sock Monkey try to be culturally hip. Just because you can quote "Faster Pussy Cat Kill Kill" and "Last Train to Clarksville" does not make you hip. It means you ran out things to write and are letting The Byrds and Cody Simpson write for you.
Now my dilemna is whether to return this book to one of the Little Libraries in the neighborhood or toss it in the recycle bin. Some people rated this book with 4 or 5 stars. Some people also liked "Gigli."