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Eddie Campbell
2012
The Summary
"What I have to tell you in this book will seem almost unreal. But you are going to have to keep reminding yourself that these are real dates.
"For everyone who can empathize and knows what it's like to be on at least one crappy date, this book is for you.
"For everyone who wants that dinner back or sat through a boring, horrible movie only to determine that the person you were with was a complete and utter tsunami, this book is for you.
"For everyone else, buckle your seat belt and turn off your phone, because a massive car wreck is about to begin."
"What I have to tell you in this book will seem almost unreal. But you are going to have to keep reminding yourself that these are real dates.
"For everyone who can empathize and knows what it's like to be on at least one crappy date, this book is for you.
"For everyone who wants that dinner back or sat through a boring, horrible movie only to determine that the person you were with was a complete and utter tsunami, this book is for you.
"For everyone else, buckle your seat belt and turn off your phone, because a massive car wreck is about to begin."
The Good
For the most part, I enjoyed Eddie Campbell's 44 Horrible Dates. It's candid and shocking and, truthfully, it is like a massive car wreck - and I just couldn't look away. I mean, some of the individuals he dated are absolutely horrifying. It's just too gruesome to look away.
Some parts were funny: Campbell is candid and blunt, and his brutal honesty paints a vivid picture that's sometimes hilarious, sometimes dramatic. It's an interesting look at one man's love life as he struggles to meet the right the right person and, more importantly, discover for himself what he wants in a relationship.
For the most part, I enjoyed Eddie Campbell's 44 Horrible Dates. It's candid and shocking and, truthfully, it is like a massive car wreck - and I just couldn't look away. I mean, some of the individuals he dated are absolutely horrifying. It's just too gruesome to look away.
Some parts were funny: Campbell is candid and blunt, and his brutal honesty paints a vivid picture that's sometimes hilarious, sometimes dramatic. It's an interesting look at one man's love life as he struggles to meet the right the right person and, more importantly, discover for himself what he wants in a relationship.
The Bad
44 Horrible Dates wasn't a great book. I had fun reading it, and I enjoyed it for the most part; however, I don't think that it was a great book. A chunk of it felt like shock value, as if the writer was trying his hardest to scandalize his readers, and another chunk of it just felt like one long litany of complaints.
The Ugly
Some of Campbell's dates are awful - no, not just awful, but truly disturbing, disgusting, and alarming. You have Pierre (aka the "Hot Dog"), of course, but then there's drugged up Roger (aka In-n-Out Burger) or Walter (I'll leave that one out to see for yourself) - and any one of the other 41 horrible dates that Campbell has had in his lifetime.
Some of Campbell's dates are awful - no, not just awful, but truly disturbing, disgusting, and alarming. You have Pierre (aka the "Hot Dog"), of course, but then there's drugged up Roger (aka In-n-Out Burger) or Walter (I'll leave that one out to see for yourself) - and any one of the other 41 horrible dates that Campbell has had in his lifetime.
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