Mark Rosenberg (1)

I'm a xenophile. I love to skip out of my own life and peek into the lives of other folks. I like reading about mountain climbers, and spelunkers, and... well, explorers and everyday folk.

Consequently I found Mark Rosenberg's book pretty interesting. He gave me a look not only into the life of a gay dude, but a look into his own psychology, his own mind (as interpreted by his own mind, of course).

Now I requested EATING MY FEELINGS because a reading-buddy told me it was hysterical. And show more perhaps it is for other folk. I found it interesting, but depressing. It doesn't make me happy to see other people's screwed up families, and it doesn't make me happy to see other people struggle so hard to be happy. So like I said: interesting, but not ha-ha funny... except for a few times.
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The book is basically a look at Rosenberg's struggle to put some distance between his family and himself; and to get where he wants to be health-wise, and to find what we all want, a good life partner.

Cursing: expect the f-bomb every page; and more
Sexual content: Yep
Humor:: yes
Writing (poor/good/amazing): good

Pam T~ show less

* Received from Net Galley

What started out to be an amusing memoir about the author's formative years ended with me feeling disappointed. I thought Rosenberg and I would be BFF's by the end of the book but instead I was left feeling like a quickie relationship gone wrong. I'm not sure what let me down but I guess I expected more about the author's relationship with food. There were plenty of laugh out loud moments but overall I feel meh about the book as a whole. I'd still like to go get show more brunch with him though! show less