Ok, serious comment this time: thanks for the review, it was a lot of fun to read.
Why is Frey getting so much attention with this book? I actually read Millions Little Pieces, after the scandal, just because. It was the biggest pile of obvious phony baloney nonsense since Go Ask Alice. His career should have been dead. Bad book, fake biography, Oprah calls for his head. Done.
And that was that. I never heard of him again until now. So what is it about this book that brought him back?
I think the only real reason is that he disclosed using AI in his process like over a year before its release, so there’s been a media drumroll based off of a combination of that and also how incredibly insufferable the man is.
"Sometimes after reading one of these diabolical phrases, I’d flip to Frey’s author photo on the dust jacket just to see the sick soul who crafted them, a habit that I can only describe as a kind of psychic self-harm."
What a game it has been to dunk on this hideously written piece of shit by this hideously entitled piece of shit. Excellent work, richly deserved touchoff of a contempt avalanche, and may Frey die screaming when he goes.
The sex and hunger bit reminds me so strongly of Garth Marenghi.
I read it with the cadence of Kronk describing "the poison to kill Kuzco," lmao
"Blood...blood. Blood, and bits of sick."
Holy shit that is spot-on, lol.
"Yogurt cannon" has to be contemptuous trolling
Ok, serious comment this time: thanks for the review, it was a lot of fun to read.
Why is Frey getting so much attention with this book? I actually read Millions Little Pieces, after the scandal, just because. It was the biggest pile of obvious phony baloney nonsense since Go Ask Alice. His career should have been dead. Bad book, fake biography, Oprah calls for his head. Done.
And that was that. I never heard of him again until now. So what is it about this book that brought him back?
I think the only real reason is that he disclosed using AI in his process like over a year before its release, so there’s been a media drumroll based off of a combination of that and also how incredibly insufferable the man is.
How did this get picked up by a publisher? How??!!
With 100% negative reviews, readers will keep their wallets in their pockets
Love to see a ripe critical panning! It’s sadly rare in the book world (wherein criticism generally withers year-on-year).
"Autofiction is the mode of our times now; maybe he just got in too early."
Had his crappy book been marketed honestly as fiction it would have gone nowhere.
This is hilarious. Hard pass on that turkey.
“ free pinot noir in my hand….”
I was queasily reading about your plans for the evening until this line, but then I threw up in my mouth
"Sometimes after reading one of these diabolical phrases, I’d flip to Frey’s author photo on the dust jacket just to see the sick soul who crafted them, a habit that I can only describe as a kind of psychic self-harm."
Great line. Great review!
Thank you for using the phrase “slop for the piggies”. It’s how I’ve described so many new novels and other media on Netflix and Hulu. Open up wide!
Why do I keeping thinking it’s Louis CK every time I see a photo of this louse
What a game it has been to dunk on this hideously written piece of shit by this hideously entitled piece of shit. Excellent work, richly deserved touchoff of a contempt avalanche, and may Frey die screaming when he goes.