Rich Man, Poor Man [Kindle Edition]

Adam Carolla (Author)

Book Description

If you turn on the evening news or listen to NPR you’ll be bombarded with a non-stop parade of commentators pontificating on the ever expanding gap between the rich and the poor.  But is the chasm really that wide?  In Rich Man Poor Man, comedian and bestselling author Adam Carolla exposes the phenomena that are embraced by the really rich and the really poor--but never the middle class--like having an outdoor shower, wearing your pajamas all day, or always having your dog with you. Combining Adam's inimitable comedic voice and four-color illustrations by his friend Michael Narren, Rich Man Poor Man is a hilariously accurate look at what the people born with silver spoons in their mouths have in common with the people whose only utensils are plastic sporks stolen from a Shakey's.

Product Details

• File Size: 9073 KB
• Print Length: 72 pages
• Publisher: Crown Archetype (January 17, 2012)
• Sold by: Random House Digital, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B006T5HD0A
• Text-to-Speech: Not enabled
• X-Ray: Not Enabled
• Lending: Not Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #166,542 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

40 of 43 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars Not Carolla's finest January 19, 2012

By David Edmiston TOP 500 REVIEWERVINE™ VOICE

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

I'm a huge Adam Carolla fan. I take a lot of heat from my wife and kids for listening to his daily podcast so zealously ("Did you listen to your *boyfriend* today dad?"). Whatever.

I hadn't heard much about this "book", but Adam was plugging it on his podcast last weekend and I figured I'd check it out. I liked his previous book, In Fifty Years We'll All Be Chicks, so what's the harm in checking this one out? Plus I don't spend a dime on his daily podcast, so what's the harm in supporting his cause, right?

Well, this one was a disappointment.

Let's break it down:

First of all, Adam is a verbal guy, not really a written guy. His voice and tone just didn't seem to come through in these pages.

Secondly, this wasn't really a "book" per se. It's an illustrated picture book, kind of like a feature in Mad Magazine (not that there's anything wrong with that). So there really isn't much meat to sink your teeth into. I counted 37 pages (counting the cover and copyright page). That's it. I read it in one sitting in the middle of the night when I couldn't sleep. Then I still couldn't sleep.

Finally, this is an eBook created for devices like the Kindle Fire and the iPad. But somehow the formatting didn't quite work. The pages were scaled down to a size smaller than they needed to be on my Kindle Fire. Unlike other text-based books, there's no way to adjust the size ("Font style options are not available for this title"). However, unlike normal graphics, you couldn't pinch to zoom in & out either. So there's one size that doesn't quite fill the screen, and that's it. And no, you can't pick between portrait and landscape. You get landscape, period.

Do I hate this book? Nah. Is it very good? Nah. Does it change my opinion of Adam Carolla? Not really. Again, he's a spoken word guy. His delivery is a big part of his story. He makes no pretenses about the fact that he's not a reader, so why should his writing be that great?

I'm still a fan and I don't necessarily begrudge the $6 I spent on his dumb picture book. It is what it is. I'll get over it. And I'll keep listening to his podcast for free.

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Paying for his Podcast January 21, 2012

By Marko Dj

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

This is a nice read but extremely short for the asking price. You can literally finish reading in under 10 minutes and there is very little reason to read it a second time. When it was stated that it was around 70 pages, you would think that meant a similar number of situations, which is not the case.

If you're buying this, you are doing it more as a "thank you' for the free podcast than for the book itself. If you view it that way, then the price seems a bit more reasonable.

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars I was expecting more. January 18, 2012

By Bycin

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

I am a big fan of Adam Carolla and pre-ordered this book when I heard him talk about it on his podcast. While the comparisons are funny and the drawings are great, there just isn't enough content to justify a $6 price tag. We're talking six or so scenarios, with a paragraph or two each? This is more of an e-pamphlet than an e-book. I finished it in ten minutes, and that includes a minute or two of staring at the screen in disbelief because I was already at the end.