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Summary: *yaaaaaaaaaaaawn*
Review: A singular and often stifilingly boring literary version of reality television, Leitch's book is the next phase in America's obsession with watching stupid people embarrass themselves. "Life as a Loser" is nothing more than an egotistical rant in a vain and somewhat pitiful attempt to gain popularity and sympathy through a lifetime of dissapointment. What separates this book from its electronically broadcasted brethren is one key component: good editing. Leitch's drawn out diatribes and abhorrent use of language leave the audience suffering from more than his self-effacing semi-biography. I have only one question: if it is obvious that Leitch has had such a horrible time living his own life, why would I want to waste my time reading about it?
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Summary: HELLO!!!
Review: Hello!!! Will Leitch is a true statesman. Everything he states is done so with remarkable glimmercity, tact, and wadeful rumination. Just stunning. As a former copywriter I know good words and Mr. Leitch's are better than most. If you put Will in a room with a bunch of gorillas, they'd hug him just like they did Sigourney Weaver. Yes, he's that good. This book makes the perfect gift for Martin Luther King Day and any other holiday that falls on a Monday. Buy 52 of them. PEACE!!!!!
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Summary: A whole book's worth?!
Review: How can you not love the writing of Will Leitch? He's hysterical and brilliant. This book is a collection of some of his best stuff to date.
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Summary: The voice that speaks for all us other losers
Review: I began reading Life as a Loser online largely because my own background is similar to that of Will Leitch - amusing, somewhat geeky guy from small-town Illinois (though I'm from Danville, not Mattoon) turned urbanite (though I live in Boston, not New York) who embraces his citi-fied ways, but isn't going to let go of those Budweiser-drinking, "darn it to heck", demolition derby-attending midwestern roots. As much as I enjoy Will Leitch's well-crafted observations about the minutiae and major issues of life in general, I tune in even more so for the reflections on growing up in an atmosphere that is so different from the one I'm currently living, but still so much like home. Mr. Leitch is the voice for all of us who swore during high school that one day we were going to be so much bigger than our backwards little town, only to find ourselves wistfully recalling our years in that same town as we dress in black and zone out on the subway. Besides, the book is also damn funny.
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Summary: Too Stupid For Words
Review: I don't understand how he got this far. He writes for crap. Yeah, his stories are funny but can he spell? Without a spell checker I think not. He should withdraw this book from sale immediately before any serious damage occurs to the youts.
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Summary: Like Wil Wheaton, Will Leitch has blogged a book you'll love
Review: I used to think (and sometimes still do) that one big perk of an afterlife is the equivalent of a DVD of your entire life, with running commentary, where you can review and replay any interesting episode you'd like.Will Leitch does that with his own life. He uses a column instead of a camera, and while his life probably isn't as interesting as your life, it's pretty close. I enjoyed following along the episodes in his life, usually with way too much drama and trauma, but always with a voice full of empathy and honesty. I don't want to play spoiler, but if you've ever watched a game show and wondered "what would happen if the guest literally fell apart during this show, divulging that he broke off his engagement 12 hours earlier (read: was dumped) and allowed the caustic host to rip into his emotionally exposed hide between trivia questions" -- then this is the book for you.
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Summary: Whingey and self-obsessed
Review: I was hoping that I'd like this book--after all, Tom Perrotta, author of 'Election" and the recent well-reviewed "Little Children", wrote the forward. But Leitch's prose and subject are simplistic and overly self-conscious. For really good guy-lit, I'd read Nick Hornby (High Fidelity, for example).
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Summary: Book as a Loser
Review: It's one thing to crystallize elements, occurances, and people from your real life into your art by reshaping, rethinking, or at least renaming them; it's another to just pick them up and drop them in a book. Although some bits were funny, this writing is too much of a string of journal entries. For truly hilarious, "real-life but not really" stories, read David Sedaris.
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Summary: Realizing We're All Losers....
Review: Leitch makes you feel ok about being a freak. His irreverent stories and antecdotes are amusing and comforting. It's nice to know that someone can be so honest these days - bearing his soul for all to view - writing about his heartbreaks, just so we feel better about ours. The e-column is a real treat, the book even better!
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Summary: Easy like Sunday Morning...
Review: So, initially the book was given to be by the publisher at a holiday party and I lost it. I felt obligated to replace it and read it. Life as a Loser appeals to the voyeur and the "unique individual" in all of us. In one sense it is like finding someone's journal and reading it- learning all about some of their inner workings. On the other hand, many of us twenty-somethings can identify with the trials and tribulations of Will. Though we may not all share the exact same story- the themes and the feelings are the same. The book won't save any lives or answer any questions- but it just may bring a bit of comfort letting you know that life can be really screwed up and that you aren't the only one in the world who can't understand why "all this is happening to you."
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