Some types of humor just don't translate to other media. That's why a lot of sitcoms based on stand up routines fall flat, or, in this case, why a humorous narrative written by a guy who is good at one-liner jokes fails at being funny. Simply, the humor style of Deep Thoughts-- which have elicited hours of laughter from me, mind you-- doesn't work in the context of a story.The first couple of pages elicited laughter from me because I saw a few clever lines that would have been fun Deep Thoughts. Soon, I was rolling my eyes because he stole from his other work (stealing some Deep Thoughts unabashedly), which showed how desperate Handey was trying to be funny. Simply, the story didn't work, the humor style didn't work and was very repetitive very quickly, and everything was the low-hanging fruit.Halfway through the book I wanted to stop reading it. The only reason I continued was because it only took me like 45 minutes of reading to get to that point, so might as well finish and be able to say with certainty that all of the book sucked. Have you caught yourself saying, between laughs, "Oh, man, that's random" after watching or reading something?Imagine if Peter Griffin or Archer wrote a book from their POV. It would read as this novel. The incoherent, absurd and abrupt ramblings of an egomaniac.I loved it. It made no sense! What!It reminded me of movies like The Naked Gun and Hot Shots!If you don't enjoy that kind of humor, think it's stupid or lazy, then it's going to drag, baby, because it never stops!Otherwise, read it because it doesn't take itself seriously, and neither should you.
What do You think about Stench Of Honolulu (2013)?
So, so funny. This book had me laughing from the first page. Fun summer read.
—antoniocarr90
