I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell

Tucker Max

Edition	Paperback
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Published by	Citadel Press
Release date	2006-01-01
ISBN	0806527285
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My name is Tucker Max, and I am an asshole. I get excessively drunk at inappropriate times, disregard social norms, indulge every whim, ignore the consequences of my actions, mock idiots and posers, sleep with more women than is safe or reasonable, and just generally act like a raging dickhead. But, I do contribute to humanity in one very important way: I share my adventures with the world. ?from the Introduction Actual reader feedback:

"I am completely baffled as to how you can congratulate yourself for being a womanizer and a raging drunk, or think anyone cares about an idiot like you. Do you really think that exploiting the insecurities of others while getting wasted is a legitimate thing to offer?"

"Thank you, thank you, thank you?for sharing with us your wonderful tales of drunken revelry, for teaching me what it means to be a man, for just existing so I know that there is another option; I too can say ?screw the system? and be myself and have fun. My life truly began when I finished reading your stories. Now, when faced with a quandary about what course of action I should take, I just ask myself, ?What Would Tucker Do???and I do it, and I am a better man for it."

"I find it truly appalling that there are people in the world like you. You are a disgusting, vile, repulsive, repugnant, foul creature. Because of you, I don?t believe in God anymore. No just God would allow someone like you to exist."

"I?ll stay with God as my lord, but you are my savior. I just finished reading your brilliant stories, and I laughed so hard I almost vomited. I want to bring that kind of joy to people. You?re an artist of the highest order and a true humanitarian to boot. I'm in both shock and awe at how much I want to be you."

"You are the coolest person I can even imagine existing. If you slept with my girlfriend, it'd make me love her more."

Customer Reviews - courtesy of Amazon.com ( Marked4Sale.com is not responsible for review content )

Boy gone wild

Yes, Tucker is creepy. Yes, his writing is puerile, relying on cliches and ALL CAPS so often that after a while you are half expecting him to start tossing in emoticons. Yes, he treats women horribly. To make matters worse, he admits he is reprehensible as a disclaimer. But he always spares us the painful details that would hit home what his brand of abuse is all about. All the women he deals with are asking for it in some way, either through their loose morals or inflated self-opinions or extreme horniness or low IQs. And usually it is all of the above. Tucker's sex partners are never conquests. Most come to him with open arms and open legs.

But he never humanizes a sex partner. In one story Tucker beds a fat chick he picks up online through some poorly articulated dare/bet/homoerotic duty to his nameless and faceless Greek frat chorus of absolute buddies, the only people in his world that are real and interesting, lovable and loving. Tucker tosses the girls clothes out of his window and forces her to make a midnight run out of his apartment naked. He does this because he is faced with a choice: treat this woman like an animal or lose face in front of his roommates.

Great stuff. But I would have liked to have heard the woman's parting words, or a line from the email she sent him the next morning. Not because I wanted to see Tucker get what is coming to him. (As Tucker freely admists, God will take car of that.) Just because I require more in a narrative. As they stand, Tucker's stories (as most of the reviewers at Amazon have pointed our) have the effect of dirty jokebook jokes --shocking, worthy of a guffaw, but ultimately disposable. Tucker Max is a womanizer. But his biggest sin ultimately is his corniness. His stories may be true, but they are not real.

All this is not to say that I did not read the book from cover to cover in three sittings. Why? I won't call Tucker a hero, a zen alcoholic, but there is something a little fascinating in Tucker's choice to reject the sterile, career-centric, empty adulthood that most of us tolerate. Most dropouts and outlaws get rejected by society first. Tucker, on the other hand, had it all, looks, brains and a great education. A corporate legal career was his for the taking. He instead opted for a life dedicated to nickel wing nights, boilmakers when you are too drunk to stand and coming to in the morning with a stranger's thong on your carpet. The media sells the image of the party life; in reality very few have the stamina or moral black hole to live it. Tucker does.

Again, I am not saying that I have more than few ounces of respect for the man. One idiot reviewer has championed him as a free speech hero. What a load. Tucker's only value is that his exploits beg the scary question of whether adulthood really exists anymore. I believe it does, but I am not so sure after reading this book.

Hilarious!

This book was entirely too funny! Reminds me of too many guys I knew when I was younger, but the stories! Sometimes I wonder if this could actually happen to a person- then I realize that I had my own stories.... Definitely a good read!

Just went into the garbage.

This could be the worst read in the history of literature...the fact that I'd have to characterize this as literature makes me ill. This idiot completely fabricates every single story in the book, and sounds like a pathetic loser the entire time. I feel bad for him and his family and hope to god he doesn't attempt to write another book. How can one write dialogue after consuming 35 drinks? I'm not sure it is feasible. Don't buy this book, such a waste of money.

A funny light read

I got this book as a light read for vacation, and I think it served its purpose well. I heard of this book because Tucker Max's celebrity was emerging while I was in law school. He and his blog were often a topic of discussion in the library and between classes. It's a fairly short book broken into small sections where he essentially tells a different story with each break.

The stories are truly legendary. I found myself laughing out loud and retelling some of the stories to my wife. They range from the outrageous to the gross. While the book has several weaknesses, the stories really are the lifeblood of this book, and aren't overshadowed by flowery writing or unnecessary "stretching" by the editors.

As far as weaknesses, I'd have to say that the writing is just not very strong. Mind you, this is Tucker Max's first book, so there's always room for improvement. The writing is stilted at times, extremely simplistic, and repetitive, though I guess that still can't ruin a good "crapping your pants" story. Since these are recollections of stories that occurred at different times, several elements are repeated a little too often. Some readers may be turned off by the author's carefree rich kid attitude, but Max makes no apologies for it, and I think it actually adds to the stories.

I would recommend this as light reading on the beach. It's a short, easy, entertaining read for when you're just looking to have a good laugh.

I Hope They Serve Beer When You Read This Book

The first time I picked up this book, it was at a friends house after a few beers and I started reading random pages. It was hilarious! Irreverent, arrogant, fun - much like the evening we were having. I thought I had to have this book, since Tucker Max would probably be my new hero.

When I actually bought the book, it was right before a 5 hour flight when I really needed to be sleeping, and was completely sober. Not quite so funny. If this guy is so smart and could have been a lawyer, can he please drop the word 'like' from his writing? I get it, it's supposed to be conversational, you're supposed to feel like his buddy, but at this point, the dude's 30. Grow up. (not in his behavior, just his word choice)

I was also put off by how frequently he refers to women as 'b*tch' or other degrading words. Don't get me wrong, I have no problem with the many degrading things he does with or to them, and it he really said it to someone's face, great. But don't call someone you met once a bitch when she doesn't even know she's being talked about.

His stories are absolutely hilarious, but I think you have to be in the right mood to go along with him and his friends on their ridiculous drunken adventures.