{"id":116,"date":"2008-01-15T02:15:25","date_gmt":"2008-01-15T09:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/archives\/116"},"modified":"2008-01-15T02:28:12","modified_gmt":"2008-01-15T09:28:12","slug":"running-with-scissors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/2008\/01\/running-with-scissors\/","title":{"rendered":"Running with Scissors"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Running<\/a>It’s not often that I regret taking time to read a book…\u00c2\u00a0 wishing that I’d never picked it up.\u00c2\u00a0 But such is the case with Augusten Burroughs’ memoir, Running with Scissors<\/em>.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

I’m not even sure where I got this book (if you gave it to me, let me know and I’ll be happy to return it to you)<\/em>, but I noticed it\u00c2\u00a0sitting on my desk about the time I was looking for some holiday reading material.\u00c2\u00a0 I seemed to recall previews for the movie – a scene with Gwyneth Paltrow and some kid knocking a hole in the ceiling to let in more light, and the dad thinking nothing of it….\u00c2\u00a0 and I thought it sounded kind of quirky, and decided to read the book.<\/p>\n

I was NOT prepared for what lay in the pages.\u00c2\u00a0 Well written, yes.\u00c2\u00a0 Funny, at times.\u00c2\u00a0 Engaging – well, I did finish the book….\u00c2\u00a0 and then when I put it down, wished I hadn’t.\u00c2\u00a0 In fact, wished I’d never picked it up.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 It was extremely disurbing, disgusting, crass, depressing\u00c2\u00a0and downright bizarre.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 These are characters you’d expect to see shouting obscenities at each other on the Jerry Springer show.\u00c2\u00a0 While I’m all for finding the humor in any situation, these stories of abuse and mental illness were a bit\u00c2\u00a0graphic and disturbing for me to be able to enjoy them.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 That this is a memoir is truly sad….\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 though a testement to the human spirit’s ability to be able to survive the most horrifying of childhoods.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

I mentioned to Kathy that I reading it the other day, and she said “Oh – I started reading that and put it down half way through… and I rarely decide not to finish a book.\u00c2\u00a0 Just too disturbing.”<\/em>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 I wish I’d talked to her before I picked it up….<\/p>\n

So that’s my review.\u00c2\u00a0 I give the book 1.5 stars out of 5.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

On the other hand – I highly recommend Eat, Pray, Love <\/em><\/a>and believe I’ll read it again.<\/p>\n

Have you read this book and have a differing view?\u00c2\u00a0 Did you feel the same as me?\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 What books have you read, then wish you hadn’t?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s not often that I regret taking time to read a book…\u00c2\u00a0 wishing that I’d never picked it up.\u00c2\u00a0 But such is the case with Augusten Burroughs’ memoir, Running with Scissors.\u00c2\u00a0 I’m not even sure where I got this book (if you gave it to me, let me know and I’ll be happy to return … Continue reading Running with Scissors<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviewsrecommendations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}