Customer Reviews

Beeperless Remote: A Guy, Some Girls, and His Answering Machine

5 star:		(39)
4 star:		(10)
3 star:		(14)
2 star:		(15)
1 star:		(29)

 

 

This book was funny, funny, FUNNY! Some of you people need to buy stock in GET-A-LIFE.COM! How can a book that's not serious at all, have people getting so serious? I thought fiction was fiction - so why are people trying to make Shawn out like he's some guy sitting beside them on a subway? Dude was funny and this is a funny book to the bone. I can't wait for the sequel. Bring it on!

THIS BOOK WAS NOT WHAT I EXPECTED. I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE GOOD, BUT IT WASNT. IT HAD A FEW FUNNY PARTS, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, THE BOOK DRAGGED AND IT BORED ME. I STOPPED READING THE BOOK SEVERAL TIMES AND ONLY PICKED IT BACK UP BECAUSE I SPENT THE MONEY FOR IT. THE MAIN CHARACTER WAS VERY NAIVE AND I JUST COULDNT GET INTO IT. I AM ABOUT TO READ MR. WITFIELD'S OTHER BOOK AND I HOPE IT IS BETTER THAN THIS ONE.

It has been a long time since I have read such a bad book. This book was horrible. I am sure the writer was trying to make his character funny, but all he suceeded in doing was making him stupid and unrealstic.The only good thing that I have to say about this book is that I didn't buy it I borrowed it from the library. Please save your money, and don't buy this book. I like books that are funny, but Van Whitfield is not capable of making a book funny and realistic. All of his characters are too sterotypical and you find yourself saying no one is that stupid. His next book is not any better so save your money on that one also.

This book was ok, but it was too long and dragged out for my taste. The idea of the story was good, Shawn was a very funny character but sweet at heart. But this just was'nt my kind of book, I don't think I will be buying any more of Mr.Whitfield's future works.

THis book was for those fo us that have dense senses of humor. It wasn't even funny. THe main character, Shawn, was ignorant instead of funny. THe book jumped from scene to scene with no leadway. Dialouge was ridiculous and this rating system of women is dirogatory (but sometimes true). THen the ending leaves you hanging like a leaf in the wind. You never really connect with any of the characters. Stupid, STUPID book. My opinion, is to buy it on audio, maybe it sounds better then it reads!

Beeperless Remote showcases the work of writer, Van Whitfield. However, I draw the line at referring to his work as anything but mindless minutia. Whitfield's novel is trite and shallow, which is also reflective of the main character, Shaun. I can only say that for the few mini-seconds of guffaws, I felt that I had wasted money purchasing this book. I can only hope that Mr. Whitfield will redeem himself and his writing talent in the very near, and I do mean very near future.

I haven't finished this book as of yet and I don't think I will. Although I heard his latest book, "Something's Wrong With Your Scale" is a lot better, this time I will keep my money in my purse and get it from the library. I hope Mr. Whitfield is like a fine wine and did get better with time..

I had high hopes for this book based on the title. There are probably 100 good stories out there telling about the antics of a man, his beeper, and meeting women. The character Shawn was so naive that I ( honestly ) thougt maybe he was developmentally disabled. His funniest (and most believeable ) character flaw was his stingyness and how he got by in life. The funniest ( although still unbelievable )part of the book was when he couldn't dress for the black tie occassion, and when the lady at the same gala event flipped her wig ( so to speak ). If you are recovering from surgery( like I was) then this book is good enough to get you through the ordeal.

This book is filled with many holes. For starters how is it that a person, an African American, living in D.C., would not know Jesse Jackson. Secondly, Mr. Wane's entire basketball career is quite questionable. I mean this is suppose to be fiction, not FANTASY!!! There were just too many distractions in this book that kept me from focusing in on the plot, which once when I found wasn't worth discovering anyway. I think that the idea was a good one, but somewhere between Mr. Wane chasing after Troi and his fairy tales of "smoking" the Greatest Player to set foot on a basketball court in the NBA the story totally flopped! Sorry Mr. Wane but your story just doesn't wash. Lets just hope there isn't a sequel to this literary mess.

This book was a total waste of money, time and effort. The guy in the story is so slow and dense, it's pathetic NOT FUNNY. Only one thing that I sort of, kinda of liked was the ending. The ending was better than the entire book.