Bird surgery gives you wings.

Worth it for that joke alone. I absolutely love this book. I had to also pause it from laughing at his TV review he put in a local Church magazine.

The whole thing very much feels like his Netflix stand up's style of comedy a lot more than his latest confessional stand up (I think it was called Lasagna).

Just a warning, it is borderline useless if you're actually trying to give up socal media. What it is is lots and lots of fun and a fairly good take downs of some of the strange things we do online which would not be acceptable in the real world.

Top notch stuff. I think some of the negative reviews might be wanting podcast James Acaster or Would I Lie To You James Acaster, but they're getting raw stand-up James Acaster here.

So I just want to let everyone know which james acaster you're getting in this book, I like both, and I really loved seven hours of absurdism and puns applied to an in-depth look at online behaviour.

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Oh James…

I’m a huge James Acaster fan but oh dear. As he is known not to be on social media I was basically expecting a truthful yet wackily hilarious account of how he went about it, what he had taken from it etc…but instead it is a string of obviously fictional and not particularly funny anecdotes…I don’t know what anyone actually wanting to learn from James’s experience would take from it. Nevertheless it’s mildly funny and his narration alone makes it worth it, if you like his voice.

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Genie writes a book

Very funny.Even funnier was being told by someone this was a real self help book .
It isn't.There are some real insights into the risks of social media but these are part of a surreal tale featuring the comedy persona of the author.
James Acaster is a brilliant comedian.He is also an excellent and original comedy writer .

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Long form whimsy

James Acaster is an excellent comedian and this book builds on some of the more whimsical themes of his stand up. The book keeps a consistent tone throughout, getting deeper and deeper into the surreal world of a social media recluse. The well of comedy starts to run dry however and the books starts to become repetitive at points. The voice performance is good but the as the story becomes weak in points I’d rate the audio overall 4/5.

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100% Acaster - but not a self help book

I am a fan of James Acaster, and this "book" is typical of his humour - but, I don't see this working on paper at all. It also loses the whole "guide" part quite early on.

While I found parts of it to be very funny, it took me a while to get into this version of James. It felt more like a long stand up routine than anything - and I think if it had been sold to me like that I would be rating it higher.

It is a bit mad, but then that is what you are looking for when James Acaster is involved.

If you are coming into this looking for what it says on the tin then you will be disappointed. It is not a self help book in any way - if anything it is the opposite. If you are coming here as an Acaster fan - you will probably like it. His performance of it on audio adds a hell of a lot to the material though.

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Brilliantly Silly

I love James’ stuff especially when he goes down the rabbit hole of his imagination. If you do too, you’ll love this as well. Saw some people looking at this as if it were an actual guide for quitting social media. It’s not.

Think of it as a long stand up routine on the page. The audio version works especially well for this.

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Great banter

Classic James Acaster banter will leave you crying with laughter on the bus. What an audiobook

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Funniest thing I've heard in a long time.

Loved this so much that I thought I'd leave a glowing review that James will never read.

James Acaster's classic scrapes was so funny because it was true. This was so funny because it wasn't. I loved the way James's situation got more and more extreme whilst roping in a wonderful cast of characters. The author has such a good voice and such a good understanding of vocabulary that I couldn't stop listening.

Now I'm off to listen to it again and to fantasize about how delicious James Acaster's golden syrup locks must be.

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absolutely crackers but loved it

despite the statement in the opening chapter, this is most definitely not a self help book. however somehow between the increasingly whimsical developments and predicaments, i found it helped me greatly

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