The Worst Date Ever: War Crimes, Hollywood Heart-Throbs And Other Abominations (2009) - Plot & Excerpts
I read a different version of this book - it appears they've released a more Americanized version, when the one I read was very, very British. I'm assuming the crux of the book is still the same, and I completely loved this book.Could not put it down.Except to barrage my husband with stories and facts from the book.By the end of the book, I felt very guilty of falling prey to the very format the Hollywood producers she met suggested - start heavy with Hollywood, celebrity journalism, followed by the meat of the story, and end with some more fluff.Bussman manages to maintain humor while talking about some of the darkest subject matter possible. Don't let the blurbs for this book mislead you - this is not an out and out comedy. There is very disturbing, but very important, information discovered in her attempts to be a foreign correspondent while chasing down her crush.A willingness to dive into the darkest depths of humanity while being willing to laugh at AIDs jokes is necessary to enjoy this book, so be warned. Ultimately, it's one of the best non-fiction reads I've had in a long, long time. While the romance side of the story was only meant as an offering for the title, the content around the under-reported civil wars, child soldiers, displacement and mutilation of the people in central Africa in the current day was rivettingly horrid yet candidly eye-opening for the reader. Jane gives a graphic yet memorable account with underlying poigniancy, as her intial unrequieted desire for a notable peacemaker is transformed into a truer heart for those affected and histories long since rewritten by the scars of living in an unregulated militia-controlled zone.
What do You think about The Worst Date Ever: War Crimes, Hollywood Heart-Throbs And Other Abominations (2009)?
One of the funniest books I've ever read. Also; I know about Uganda now.
—aibaj
A slow start but quite a story once Jane arrives in Uganda...
—muzz423
