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Aug 09, 2022LeslieDRobertson rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
So John Waters pitched an idea for a book--he would hitchhike across America and write about his adventures on the road!--then had to go through with it even as he started to think it might not be such a good idea. The whole thing seems to…
May 08, 2022mapleMVlib rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Would have been great to see some photos. If you miss or don't catch the first page you might be in for a surprise. And then it gets weird. I gave up on the first half to get into the non-fiction portion. Probably better his mother died…
Dec 09, 2021Lucilledaughter01 rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Don't read if you are easily offended. It's John Waters.
Jul 14, 2020
It’s just John Waters flexing his cool creeper vibes, so obviously it’s great. I was groaning, laughing, triggered, affirmed, revolted just loving it...Most of it is self important lies but I’m not mad about it. Features a lil playlist of…
Jun 24, 2019Waluconis rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
John divides the book into. three sections - good rides, bad rides, and the real thing, with each chapter a ride. The first two sections are hilarious, laughing out loud frequently. The outrageous scenes reminded me of reading Rabelais. …
Jan 03, 2019Aunt_Jess rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Fun to listen to while working around the house and happy to not be hitch hiking. God bless his assistants.
Oct 04, 2017ausnos rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
What started off as interesting, funny (at times), and having potential, ended abruptly for me with annoyance. After reading chapter 7 and skimming through the other chapters, I lost interest in what feels like a half fictionalized,…
Jun 13, 2016thedoggedtruth rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I enjoyed this, the man is funny. Read his best-case scenario first though, it is the best.
Feb 20, 2015BHreads rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
This book always left something to be desired, but in a bad way. While reading the first two parts, I was anxious to get to what really happened. Yet when I finally read what really happened, I was under-whelmed and longed for the made up…
Sep 03, 2014looper46 rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
To be precise: I cannot say it better than reader Tracy Guza!!
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Aug 27, 2014JMFlaherty rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Waters wrote 3 sections in this book: what he hoped, what he feared and what really happened. The best section is the last, what really happened. Because, as I've been saying to my writer friends for several decades, the narration of…
Aug 10, 2014writermala rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
The first two-thirds of "Carsick" made me sick. However, the last third of the book which in fact described the actual hitchhiking, rather than the author's fantasy, was interesting and made me glad that I had persevered. Perhaps the most…
Jul 10, 2014KCLSRecommends rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
Infamous movie director Waters decides to hitch-hike across the country at age 60 and writes all about it. However, he starts by penning two long fantasies about how the trip COULD go. Actual trip much less interesting -- and he takes…
Jul 06, 2014
What would you expect a book by John Waters about hitching rides cross country to be like? Sick, twisted, funny, charming and compulsively readable.