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The Will to Whatevs: A Guide to Modern Life

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Usually I find humor books by comedians to be 200 pages of stuff that's 70% as funny as their stage material. Bucking the trend, Mr. Mirman's advice book is dizzyingly inspired and consistently funny from the opening sentence. If you like deadpan absurdity and pitch-perfect non-sequiturs, this book will have you giddy. On many occasions I laughed so hard I had to collect myself on the subway so as not to look like a freak. If you like Woody Allen's early stuff, Steve Martin, David Sedaris, Stewart/Colbert/Conan or the Onion, this is a can't miss.

Eugene Mirman has a very specific sense of humor, if you "get it" and enjoy it, then this is a great book. Do yourself a favor and check into his stuff before ordering, because if you don't know what you're getting into, you probably won't like it. I think he's super-funny and therefore recommend the book.

While I haven't actually read this book, I have read most of the words appearing in this book in other books. Eugene has developed an excellent command of the English language for a 14-month-old. His erotic imagery ("Insert Tab A into Slot B") is without parallel in the Western World, though it is quite pedestrian in Westworld. And, in spite of the post-partisan page numbering system, I found the arc of his narrative. I give [Insert Book Title Here] 5 stars because there are an infinite number of stars making the value of any individual star equal to zero.

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Are you concerned that you got the wrong 7 habits, that your parachute is mauve, and that you still don't know how to win friends and influence people? Then stop tweeting about your Facebook friends on MySpace, and GO BUY THIS BOOK.

It will not only solve all your problems, but also create new ones. Eugene will help you get into college, find a mate, and take over a (small?) country. In the process, you might get arrested, be time-warped to a 1988 Guns N' Roses concert, and become a tranny.

It's a fun, bumpy ride, but you will be sad only once - when you get to the end of the book. The emotions you felt at the end of Mary Poppins will be unavoidable here as well.

What can I say about the "Will to Whatevs" that hasn't already been said about orgasms? This informative pamphlet will guide you though the toughest of times and rocket you though the doldrums of post-modern ambiguity with a broadsword made of chuckles. This book LITERALLY saved my wife from being sexually assaulted twice during a silent auction!

Eugene writes almost exactly like he talks, which though hilarious, does not translate well to text. I hope he records an audiobook.

I love this book. It is so absurd yet astute. Here is I think my fave line from the book. I think a lot of people won't laugh but if you're reading this you are a Eugene Mirman fan already so you probably will.

"Some people seem to be born with the business gene. They look at an old table on the side of the road and do not see an old table (not because their vision is bad; that'll be covered in the chapter, "Why Some People Can't See Old Tables"); they instead see opportunity."

I give this comedy book five ahahahahahahahha's!

this book is hilarious, if you know how to read, BUY IT. if you don't, buy it anyway, it has some cool pictures that you can look at in there until you learn how.

Reading this book is like living inside the head of a crazy monkey, which is obviously a good thing. Eugene's wit and wisdom will lighten anyone's load, and also he mentions the Soft Boys in it, so I love it forever.
It was very thoughtful of him to publish straight to paperback, so I can read it on the terlet. It's funny. It's poorly edited. There are illustrations.

If you like Eugene Mirman's standup, then you'll probably like this irreverent book a lot.