Review: Sh*t My Dad Says by Justin Halpern

Sh*t My Dad Says
Justin Halpern
http://shitmydadsays.com

Non-Fiction/Comedy

After being dumped by his longtime girlfriend, twenty-eight-year-old Justin Halpern found himself living at home with his seventy-three-year-old dad. Sam Halpern, who is "like Socrates, but angrier, and with worse hair," has never minced words, and when Justin moved back home, he began to record all the ridiculous things his dad said to him:

"That woman was sexy. . . . Out of your league? Son, let women figure out why they won't screw you. Don't do it for them."

"Do people your age know how to comb their hair? It looks like two squirrels crawled on their heads and started fucking."

"The worst thing you can be is a liar. . . . Okay, fine, yes, the worst thing you can be is a Nazi, but then number two is liar. Nazi one, liar two."

More than a million people now follow Mr. Halpern's philosophical musings on Twitter, and in this book, his son weaves a brilliantly funny, touching coming-of-age memoir around the best of his quotes. An all-American story that unfolds on the Little League field, in Denny's, during excruciating family road trips, and, most frequently, in the Halperns' kitchen over bowls of Grape-Nuts, Sh*t My Dad Says is a chaotic, hilarious, true portrait of a father-son relationship from a major new comic voice.



REVIEW:


Awesome Book! Hilarious!

This was the funniest book I have ever read. I can't count how many times I had tears streaming down my face from laughing so hard. My husband and I both read this together and we both sometimes couldn't even finish reading the end of the sentence without laughing and cracking up.

I can just imagine living in Justin's house, what a hoot his dad is. A lot of his phrases reminded me of my husband’s dry humor and some reminded me of some of my actions with my kids.

Even though this book had me laughing it also showed a side of Justin and his father’s love between each other, especially in one scene where Justin was suppose to go help his dad in his garden the next day at a certain time but instead went to Mexico with some chick he had a chance with and completely forgetting about going to help his dad until on the way back from Mexico. His dad chewed his ass out but in the end grabbed him and hugged him tight. Now that is love.

You can tell Justin’s father was a Veteran because most military veterans I know have his fathers mentality.

I recommend this book to stick in christmas stockings - everyone needs a laugh.