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Jan 28, 2022mclarjh rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
Trailer trash literature; for the masses; not funny; can't wait for daddy's response.
Feb 29, 2020
I snorted and laughed out loud so many times while reading this book! Lockwood writes prose like a poet, and whether it fits every reader's preferred style or not, it strikes me as a work of particular genius. Since I grew up Catholic…
Jan 27, 2020MrsRedbeard rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Laugh out loud funny in places. Odd, yet honest. Loved the beginning, but somehow the thought organization seemed to deteriorate as the book reached it closure. An interesting read.
Jan 13, 2020ChristineRondeau rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
I did not enjoy this book at all. It was funny at first, but then it was just random thoughts thrown on a page. I found myself speed reading it just to get through it and by the time I was done I just wanted to burn it. Luckily I was…
Sep 24, 2019lukasevansherman rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Maybe the funniest and most insightful book I've read about growing up religious.
Feb 25, 2019KMJ_ rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
The premise of this memoir is what makes it interesting, but too much of the book relied on the eccentricities of her father without really delving into what her family was like. Her siblings are non-entities. Her mother is a worrier, and…
Feb 09, 2019humming rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Amazing, weird, challenging, inspiring, laugh-out-loud, teary, impactful book -- unlike any other I have read. Learned a lot about myself as I related (or not) to the author's glimpse into her unusual family life. Very impressed with the…
Jan 31, 2019ashleymsinger rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
it's hard for me to rate this below a 4, because i appreciate the author's humor and wit and perspective so much. her writing itself is also beautiful, yet therein comes the challenges as sentences are often a bit over the top and it's…
Jan 23, 2019
austin klein i think.
Dec 14, 2018
One of my favorite books I have ever read. I love her voice and humor so much. I love all the bits of poems throughout. As a kid who grew up in a religious household with parents who were secretly artsy, I have never felt more normal than…
Jun 18, 2018okbookgirl rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Lockwood can certainly write and has a wicked sense of humour, but the first half of the book didn't really speak to me. I grew tired of hearing about her father's underwear - or lack of underwear. But then she clobbered me with the…
Mar 24, 2018nancyewinter rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Patricia Lockwood crafts the language,dissects and helps us enjoy it as she does. A family memoir of a family life always needing to leave one parish,rectory,school and friends,to re-establish themselves in another. A good read.
Dec 28, 2017laphampeak rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Lockwood's memoir rants, raves, and catches the reader with laugh-out loud moments. She exposes the eccentricities of the Catholic priesthood and her father's out of the ordinary character. Sometimes funny, sometimes creepy, and at times…
Dec 02, 2017
On NYT Ten Best Books of 2017 list.
Oct 11, 2017Indoorcamping rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
From the first pages, this is the most unusual tone and use of language that I've experienced for a long time. I heard about this book from the New York Times Review of Books podcast and they couldn't talk it up enough. The author is a…
Aug 17, 2017MikeEe rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Patricia Lockwood's memoir about her life up to now as a Catholic priest's daughter is extremely funny, very clever and terribly well written. If you love language, you'll love this book.
Jul 25, 2017lynelliot rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
An excellent memoir in an original voice. One of the best I've read in a long time.
Jul 18, 2017winston16 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
The larger-than-life father in this funny, moving memoir is a local KC area priest. This makes the book more interesting to local readers, but the themes here are such that readers from any locale or faith will see something of themselves…
OatmealThunder
Jul 13, 2017OatmealThunder rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Wry, witty, and observant; Lockwood has a way of writing and seeing things that sticks with you. A little longer than it needed to be, but absolutely worth the read - especially if you're someone who grew up in a religious home, or if you…
Cynthia_N
Jul 07, 2017Cynthia_N rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
The title is super creepy but the book is not! Lockwood's father has special dispensation from the Catholic church because he was married before he entered the priesthood. The book does not feel religious it just feels like the story of…
Jun 30, 2017petitefeet rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Patricia Lockwood's writing is witty, hilarious and entertaining. Even if you have not experienced Catholicism, you will discover her family experiences to be cleverly woven with religion. I read this in two days because I couldn't wait…
May 24, 2017MplsTA rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
I loved the book and read it within a couple of evenings. Ms Lockwood has a very unconventional father who became a Catholic priest late in life after transitioning from another religion. He is a hilarious character that plays guitars…