Running with Scissors Book Reviews

AUTHOR
Augusten Burroughs
SCORE
4
TOTAL RATINGS
514

Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs Book Summary

The #1 New York Times bestselling memoir from Augusten Burroughs, Running with Scissors, now a Major Motion Picture!

Running with Scissors is the true story of a boy whose mother (a poet with delusions of Anne Sexton) gave him away to be raised by her psychiatrist, a dead-ringer for Santa and a lunatic in the bargain. Suddenly, at age twelve, Augusten Burroughs found himself living in a dilapidated Victorian in perfect squalor. The doctor's bizarre family, a few patients, and a pedophile living in the backyard shed completed the tableau. Here, there were no rules, there was no school. The Christmas tree stayed up until summer, and Valium was eaten like Pez. And when things got dull, there was always the vintage electroshock therapy machine under the stairs....

Running with Scissors is at turns foul and harrowing, compelling and maniacally funny. But above all, it chronicles an ordinary boy's survival under the most extraordinary circumstances.

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Book Name Running with Scissors
Genre Biographies & Memoirs
Published
Language English
E-Book Size 2.12 MB

Running with Scissors (Augusten Burroughs) Book Reviews 2024

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Nothing special. Despite the "great reviews" and even a coworker recommending it, I am 3/4 the way into the book (pg 388) and it is incredibly boring and poorly written. It cannot keep my attention at all. I'm forcing myself to keep reading hoping it will get better but it's not. Just a bunch of looneys living together in a house who don't bathe or clean or work or anything!

Crazy good. Read this years ago and read it again now. Couldn't put it down both times! Such crazy experiences...keeps you interested!

Wonderful rollercoaster. If only 25% true, still hair-raising.

One of my favorite reads!. I am usually a guy who reads "Graphic Novels" or Horror Books. But this one is great! Its telling you the life of an aspie!

Great read!. Unlike others below, it's a great read! Auto biographies always keep you interested and every novel by this author is great and true or else it wouldn't be called such. Worth every penny and every other novel by AB. Buy actual book so you can read faster and better though. iBooks is great for buying books for kids, not adults.

Great. Very well written..

Loved this book. I really liked the book

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Price change?!. Wth I just read the sample and loved it. Went to buy it at $3.99 and had a message something was being edited so try later. Five seconds later you want $10.99 for it. Lame.

Running with Scissors, an unexpectedly compelling read. I initially read it as it was on sale but I can't wait to read more from Augusten. This book was funny, heartbreaking, intriguing and well worth your time. I simply couldn't put it down.

++. This was the first book I had read by Augusten and it got me hooked! He has a great writing style and no matter how twisted things seem they are always somewhat relatable.

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Summary of Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs

The Running with Scissors book written by Augusten Burroughs was published on 01 April 2010, Thursday in the Biographies & Memoirs category. A total of 514 readers of the book gave the book 4 points out of 5.

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