I Hate This Place: The Pessimist's Guide to Life [Paperback]

Jimmy Fallon (Author), Gloria Fallon (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2003

From the Grammy-nominated star of "Saturday Night Live" and his equally talented sister comes a delightfully cynical look at life through a half-full glass. Line art throughout.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing (September 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 044669231X
• ISBN-13: 978-0446692311
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 5.8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (67 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #392,086 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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23 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book is hilarious, and YOU need it., August 11, 2000

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Anthony Tedesco (New York City) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: I Hate This Place (Paperback)

All right, not just you - everyone needs it. Laughing is good and this book had my brother and I laughing to the point of unsightly drool. About 90 percent of our pages are dog-eared. I've personally recited drool-inducing parts to my parents and friends, and find myself constantly struggling not to snap book lines at the many alternative, empowered and positively annoying neighbors I have the pleasure of, like, melding energy with here in NYC's East Village. I'm all for empowerment. And whatever melding is. But I love that, in addition to taking pessimism to its hysterically funny extreme, "I Hate This Place" also satirizes the self-help craze and all of its super-duper-beluper positivity! and can-do affirmations! In fact, the Fallons include their own daily affirmations for the pessimist (personal favorites: "Tomorrow may never come" and "Today is another day, just like yesterday was"), as well as the truth behind such optimistic advice as, "A penny saved is a penny earned." ("Pennies are worthless.")

Thanks, Jimmy and Gloria. This book is well-needed, and much appreciated by me.

(Group hug?)

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Saying the things we all think once in a while!, March 19, 2000

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Erin (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: I Hate This Place (Paperback)

It's about time someone put all of those little sarcastic, negative thoughts we all have from time to time in a neat little collection that we can all laught at! Real life is ALWAYS more amusing than fiction, and Jimmy and Gloria offer a pessimistic but humorous view on everything from being single to public transportation in this book that after reading, you can't help but sharing with all of your friends. I've been a Jimmy fan since his debut on SNL and recommend it to all fans!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Two "wild and crazy" kids..., October 14, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: I Hate This Place (Paperback)

"I Hate This Place: The Pessimist's Guide to Life" is a clever assortment of pessimism at its very best. (It is also quite invigorating...with or without six cups of coffee.) Jimmy and Gloria Fallon, two "wild and crazy" siblings, have collaborated to create a fine owner's manual that successfully explains the pessimistic mind. No need to bring an umbrella. It won't rain on your parade...it's probably been cancelled, anyway. On a lighter note...Be sure to throw out all of your pennies, because, after all, "pennies are worthless." (Unless, of course, you superglue them to the floor of a subway train--when people try to pick them up, they retain some entertainment value.)