Mr Instability [Paperback]

Tom Elsa (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 19, 2007

I have been a Police Officer, and got too work with a partner who hated me. I have been on the hunt for an aggressive pit bull, that has an appetite for small children as a Dog Catcher. I was almost killed by an inmate on my first day at work as a Correctional Officer. I have acted along side A list movie stars in major Hollywood films. I even cleaned toliets after construction workers. If you can think of a nasty or dangerous job, I have done it. Ready for a wild ride through the life of a chronic job hopper? Then come on, lets go!

Product Details

• Paperback: 105 pages
• Publisher: Lulu.com (October 19, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1435701356
• ISBN-13: 978-1435701359
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,322,681 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars What a joke...., May 14, 2008

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Sylwester Olszewski "Sly O." (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mr Instability (Paperback)

I read the reviews before purchasing this book and hoped it to be a good book, hell it had 1 bad review out of 6 reviews. I try to keep an open mind when reading books, but this book is just plain bad. Not even a whole 100 pages, horrible grammar, spelling and punctuation, large type, double spaced between paragraphs. I do not know how this book could have gotten published. If a book this bad could get published maybe I should start writing and make a quick buck.

I understood the book was written in emails going back and forth, but really do not waste your time nor money with this book. I really wish I could get back my day that I wasted reading this book.

If you do not believe me on how bad this book is here is an example of what to expect: "I got a job. I picked up garbage. It was hot outside. All my friends played outside. I hated my job. I quit my job. Oh I found a new job. This is what I did. Didn't like this one either, so I quit. Oh another job. And on and on and on..." That is pretty much a summary of what the book is like.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A waste of time by a retard that thinks he can write, May 20, 2008

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Daniel Middlebrooks "Dan The Man" (Panama City, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mr Instability (Paperback)

It's unbelievably obvious that this "book" was not proofread by an editor at all!! If this publisher is this desperate for authors, then ANYBODY can be considered an author by them! They apparently have no editors on staff for this "book" to be published. This guy (who thinks he's an author now) wrote this with the most absolute worst grammar I have ever seen! In every possible form, on every single page there are multiple grammar mistakes. I wouldn't be surprised if he isn't able to speak english properly either. Even with all of that aside, the idea behind this book was stolen from a MUCH better author that wrote a MUCH better book about the same subject. Read Iain Levinson's "A Working Stiff's Manifesto". That book is better than Tom Elsa's little piece of garbage in every possible way!! And you'll feel smarter after reading it, as opposed to having a migraine headache from reading a retard's thoughts for 98 pages, which is the end result of reading "Mr. Instability". (I'm not worried about hurting the author's feelings with this review because he obviously can't read.)

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars How is this book getting great reviews????, May 15, 2008

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M. Merwin (Minneapolis, MN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mr Instability (Paperback)

It took me 45 minutes to read this 100 page book. It should not have taken that long but I had to go back and read several sentence fragments over and over again in an attempt to understand what the author was trying to say. The author makes fun of his own inability to write but seriously, "too" is spelled three different ways. Please make an effort to figure out which one to use before you publish something or you only insult the reader who paid money for your "book". And why do people keep saying how funny Mr. Instability is? If not knowing where to place a comma in a sentence if funny, this book is hilarious. Otherwise it's simply maddening to struggle through each two page chapter full of run on sentences, an inability to maintain a coherent story line, and misuse of "their / there" "to / too" and "then / than". Save your money and read the graffiti on a bathroom wall. It makes more sense and is more likely to make you laugh.