I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell Reviews

• God bless you, Tucker Max

  
  By A2J3MR64L567OK on 2006-03-28
  I happen to have had the great fortune to attend law school for two years with Tucker Max (I graduated in the class following his), and although I never had any particular interaction with him there I can assure you that the man tells the absolute truth. Even during his tenure at the school he was legend, constantly roiling the gossip networks and cheerfully rendering the rest of us less employable through indirect association with him. While he may never surpass a certain other alum in overall infamy (Richard M. Nixon), his transition to internet god can only be described as preordained. This book, an inevitable extension of Tucker's boundless and virulent ego, is an entertaining romp through all the frathouse experiences you wish you could forget, chaperoned by a man with no conscience and no regrets.
  
  It is true that it is only a matter of time before Tucker Max dies at the age of 43 after his grotesquely swollen liver and prostate conspire to doom him. Our lives will be lessened at the loss. Tucker demonstrates, perhaps inadvertently, that the health of a democracy is best measured at its extremities. In everything from running roughshod over his fellow humans to defending, albeit for his own purposes, the fundamental First Amendment rights so many of the rest of us never truly exercise against the predations of self-appointed Internet censors, Tucker is self-contained, self-made, and self-supported in a manner few individuals in history have managed. He is the best and the worst of America, and could not have sprung from any other nation. You'll have to wade through a lot of get-drunk-grope-bimbo-fall-down stories to get there, but in the end I hope you appreciate the boundless scope and energy of such activities, as puerile and beer-stained as they individually appear. Tucker, keep on rocking in the free world.
  
  

• Scumbag? Yes. Funny? Sadly, yes.

  
  By A91K91GJRE6OU on 2006-03-18
  Reading this book, you have to set aside your own moral compass in order to enjoy it. Make no mistake, Tucker Max is a vile vile person, but his own admittance. And if you try not to think to much about his victims...er...marks...er... girlfriends/hook-ups, then this is a hilarious book. I was laughing so hard at one point towards the end, the guy in the airline seat next to me must have thought I was having a seizure.
  
  Definetely worth a read, just make sure you don't expect a warm, touchy-feely, "I've changed my ways" at the end of the book.
  
  

• This book was returned for a refund

  
  By AT96X9SPEMD3C on 2006-04-15
  Due to the great reviews,I had to check this book out.
  WHOOPEE!!Its the same "wild n krazy" stories told over and over again. Maybe its just me,but it got old real quick.
  The book isnt half as funny as his fans are saying. Actually what I found most funny were the obvious embellishments/exaggerations to the stories. Another humorous note,is how the protagonists(Tucker and company) seem to think they are so cool,so fun,and toolishly continue to pat themselves on the back for it throughout the whole book.
  My other complaint is his style of writing leaves a lot of room for improvement. Very mediocre,and defintely not good enough to carry such shallow, anemic material.
  I dont want to speculate on how/why this book is getting so many rave reviews, but in my opinion, it truly is a one star thats being overrated. In five years,his books will be sitting in basements collecting mold,and people will say,what the hell was I thinking when I bought that??
  
  

• Over and over and over...

  
  By A2UNLUUV21Q89U on 2006-01-06
  A book about getting drunk and hooking up. Again and again and again and again. It reminds me of an old National Lampoon story of O.C. and Stiggs. It's funny at first, but becomes monotonous and dull by the third chapter. The book is a lot like a drunk person...entertaining for a few minutes, then just annoying. Bottom line - Read a couple of his tales on his web site and skip the book.
  
  

• Fitting commentary.

  
  By AFYPYQAFA31JU on 2006-07-02
  I'm not sure why Amazon removed my first review for this book, but I'll keep this short, just the same. It's fitting commentary on modern western culture to see someone so shamelessly lauded for being a louse, but such is the sad state of our world.
  
  At any rate, the stories read poorly, like the transcript of a conversation - it doesn't translate to the written word very well. Typos and clunky sentences abound. One can read much of this on his website for free, as well.
  
  
• Dont Waste Your Time/Money
  By A2HW7C80NNBOXG on 2006-03-10
  I have read some of Tuckers stories,they are available online. Recently, I borrowed this book, only to find out it is more of the same! Its basically the same drunken,wild,smart-ass frat-boy antics,embellished and put in print.His ability to write is mediocre at best,and the "wild and crazy" stories grow tedious.If you really love the stories on his site,and(ideally)have a below average IQ,then this book is right up your alley.
  I cant believe this made the NY Times bestseller list(albeit #30,or so),and that its getting such great reviews here. It must be all the brownnosing groupies from the Tucker Max messageboard.
  Some 'well read' fans have compared him to Hunter S Thompson, or even more laughably, Charles Bukowski. Its hard to believe they were able to put down the crackpipe long enough to finish Tuckers book, much less read a novel by Bukowski.
  Never underestimate the stupidity of people.Spend your cash on something worthwhile.
  
  
  
  
  
• This guy is a tool.
  By A3SWR4S9GOD7CF on 2006-01-03
  There are few things more pathetic than some guy approaching 30 years old who feels the need to brag about his drunken exploits. One of those more pathetic things is writing a book about false drunken exploits. If Max was half as great as he made himself out to be in this farce of a book, then I'd recommend it. But he's not. Save yourself the $9 and go approach some pimple-faced teenager on the street and have him recount what he did last weekend- it will surely be more interesting, more truthful, and far less self-serving than this tool's "book."
  
  
• poorly written and just plain not funny
  By AVVVCD9G3KBU9 on 2007-07-11
  This is in fact the third negative review I've written for this book. For some reason they keep on getting deleted. The "writing" consists of extremely repetitive stories about getting drunk and yada yada. I partied in college plenty but came out with better stories. I agree with another reviewer that if you haven't gotten out much you might find this amusing. Otherwise, it will just put you to sleep.
  
  
• Probably the Worst Book I've Ever Read
  By A11W4NXX3ZPBKE on 2006-01-01
  My brother gave me this book as a Christmas present, thinking that I might find it entertaining. Unfortunately, after reading a few of the stories, I was just bored with the whole thing. Ok dude, we get it. You are a bad guy. You like to drink. You have hooked up with some girls. I guess if I had never done any of the above, I would be able to live vicariously through such a book. I even checked out his website and the only thing that I really found funny is the fact that this guy has got to be close to 30 years old and he still hangs out in fraternity houses. It's probably time to move on with your life. I can't believe people are stupid enough to pay for such badly written stories. I guess this was my brother's payback for not getting him a present last year.
  
  
• Awful book. But where did my first bad review go??
  By ANC131QK34L2V on 2006-12-29
  Why did my bad review disappear? I'm not buying anything off Amazon again if they're censoring the reviews, that's what they're there for. This book is awful, just a bunch of half-true stories with predictable endings. It's pretty easy to think of hilarious dialogue when you have months to think about clever comebacks. I did laugh out loud at several parts of the book, but I rolled my eyes at the book's stupidity many many more times.
  
  
• I feel sorry for the guy
  By A2EBOVWGX2JBR9 on 2007-11-27
  Tucker Max is a pitiful person. I feel sorry for him. It's obvious he has more than one personality disorder and arrested development. Anyone that would think this book is cute or funny should probably have a character assessment.
  
  
• Unremarkable.
  By A32OC4BE8MAHYA on 2006-02-04
  Update 8/22/08: I guess this review was edited by someone other than me and parts of my prior review were omitted. Pretty pathetic -- probably one of Tucker's no-lives who completely define themselves through a closet homosexual desperate for attention. Well, good job, you've edited another post to try to artificially prop up Tucker's poor writing and soon to be sad attempt at a movie.
  
  The book is saturated with typographical, spelling, and formatting errors--almost to the point that it interferes with the syntax and sentence/paragraph flow in some stories (especially the new ones).
  
  Don't get me wrong, I was a big fan of Tucker Max when he first started writing his stories, but the book is just too much--it reads like a 300 page broken record covered in copy errors--a bad poor first effort for the print medium, notwithstanding its position on the New York Times Best Seller list [...].
  
  
  
• Save your money.
  By A33OMQ3KYPXF4E on 2006-02-04
  If you have never seen Tucker's site, this book will probably be really entertaining. If you have read his stories on his site, you have read over half of this book. [...]Also, his stories are fairly entertaining if you are college-aged or below, but adults that have led fuller lives will probably not appreciate the plot of his stories, but he does have a great writing style. Hopefully, his next book will contain original material.
  
  
• Lame
  By A3CKPNSGA7JOLK on 2007-01-11
  A few chuckles, but otherwise forgettable.
  
  If you want funny, Rabelaisian humour, try Jim Goad instead.
  
  In answer to the prayer in the book's title...."I hope they serve beer in hell"....well, no Tucker, they won't. Didn't you see that sign over the entrance "Abandon hope all ye who enter here?" carved in flaming letters in stone by the finger of G-d no less?
  
  Most other people in college had to read that in Expository writing 1A and figured that out already. Amazing. "Hope" and "Hell" in the same sentence. Proof positive of illiteracy and a squandered education.
  
  
• Hide your Daughters, Max is here
  By A3QYN27IKBJDAY on 2007-01-06
  Reckless, silly, and borderline preposterous can only describe Max and his tales. His life is like the horrid curiosity we feel looking at the bodies after a bad accident. Shocking, revolting, but you can't turn away. I was never good as a binge-drinker, and having read the stories, the dude doesn't have much competition. But I'm glad to have this book, as I've have gotten to read about what I missed. Each episode's sorrid details plunge exponentially lower and keeps you on the edge of your seat. Somehow this he still manages to get the girl. I wouldn't recommend readers attempting his style for seducing the girls. Leave that to the pros. For the rest of us, we have PUA message boards, the Game (Strauss), Professional Bachelor (Tate). I see Max has another book coming out next year. Could be his last, I mean a liver can only take so much.
  
  
• It Just Isn't Funny
  By A12G9EK4826KH on 2008-02-16
  Maybe there is something wrong with me? In any case, if you read one story in the book, you've read them all. It's just not a funny book.
  
  
• Who does this fool think he is?
  By A1X7KNKRBFRDKP on 2006-03-08
  A recent college graduate, I ordered the book in hopes of an easy, entertaining read. A colleague had suggested it, and said that it was written in a "voice" like mine. I was bored after the first three pages. Actually, maybe the first three paragraphs. I did not live a particularly crazy life during college, but felt that any of my friends could have told me much better stories that would have meant something to me because I knew the characters involved. Tucker, YOU HAD TO BE THERE. SORRY.
  
  
• Antics of a very distrubed alcoholic
  By A3BEVNEJ4RS6K6 on 2006-03-19
  Okay, I will admit that some stuff in this book made me laugh, however I felt guilty afterwards. As I first started reading, I hated this guy and wondered how on earth there could be people so mean and cruel. Then, I began to fell sorry for Tucker Max. He is a raging alcoholic who eventually will get himself killed because of his antics. He needs help.
  I must admit, I was disappointed to see so many good reviews. It shows there are more Tucker Max's out there. Scary thought. . . . .
  
  
• This is a fun read.
  By A3KPJ1MOGTZVGC on 2006-02-12
  It's not Hunter S. Thompson, but he's got something similar going. At least for me. He actually reminds me of some of my own drunken rampages, except that his are a lot worse. A whole heck of a lot. But you can't help to laugh at his follies. And he doesn't take himself that seriously which makes it fun as well.
  
  
• intriguing
  By AOE1VQYGPNI8B on 2005-12-29
  I officially disapprove of 98% of I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell's content. I find it morally reprehensible and emotionally bankrupt.
  
  Um.
  
  But.
  
  Having read this book at least five times, I wonder if maybe, just maybe, I not only relate to Max's stories, but sincerely admire them. Is there a loftier moral mandate than defining your life's path? And is there a riskier emotional journey than betting everything on personal passion?
  
  Yet it's not all high stakes and complicated ethics. I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell is a universally funny experience. People will use words like "hilarious," "uproarious," and "outrageous" in review. Remember "funny," though? Without complication? This book is funny, like funny was meant to be. Witty with a twinge of snob appeal, crass with a twinge of trash appeal. In other words, precisely human, and did I mention funny?
  
  Hopefully, somewhere between laughter and shock, you'll stop to ask yourself, "If Tucker can get away with all this, what can I do?" Perhaps this book will spark an individual journey as sensational and unique as Max's. If not, it's a pretty fun consolation prize.
  
  
• Eh
  By A2VJ3DTUH1KD0A on 2006-04-28
  It's not the story but how well you tell the story that makes it funny. In the beginning Tucker Max does accomplish this but after a few pages it just becomes repetitive. Mostly everyone who went to college has their share of stories about debauchery. Take Tucker out of his area (ie with Doug in Texas) and everything definitely is out of his league. His tendency for alcohol could become very catastrophic for him in the future. As he gets older, he does become wiser. He finally figured out how some women can be just as ambitious in the sexual realm. But has slipped into being "that" friend. The part of SlingBlade now being played by Tucker Max
  
  
• Who cares?
  By A322V4EUWBJ8GQ on 2008-03-15
  I am not sure who is worse the idiot writing the book or the people who actually enjoy this trash. We get it: Tucker Max acts like an 18 year old and is proud of himself. He doesn't care what anyone thinks about his behavior, except when it will earn him a dollar.
  
  Anyone buying this book knowing what it is about is a lunatic.
  
  
• Very Entertaining
  By A2WVQ9WHM8QIH8 on 2006-01-16
  Its just a bunch of stories (invariably funny) about living a life of reckless behavior and alcohol consumption. He's not a bad guy, a "racist," nor a "misogynist." If people take the time to actually read all the stories, they'll see what I'm talking about. He's just a guy who wrote stories about things that have happened to him. Only people who dont have lives of their own think these stories are fake. They're all quite plausible and don't feel fabricated at all( if one has actually lived themself). Good stuff.
  
  
• I wouldn't believe it without seeing it
  By A2YJM90FQ3G2HO on 2006-01-04
  I knew I was going to love this book because I love Tucker's website, but sitting in my living room is, to me, the definitive proof that this book is pure greatness:
  
  My 53 year-old mother is reading the book, and laughing so hard she is crying. THIS IS MY MOM! She raised me! I cannot believe this. I didn't think anyone under 35 would like this book, and my mom especially, she blushes at curse words and doesn't think Dave Chappelle is funny, but she is sitting right here laughing at Tucker Max's book. Amazing.
  
  
  
  
• Tucker Max is an Asshole
  By A1M9Q71ADZG1TU on 2005-12-24
  I met him at a bar in Wicker Park. He was dressed like a slob and had stains all over his t-shirt. Somehow we ended up sleeping together that night even though I never do that especially with guys like him. I called him a week or later and he was so drunk all he did was call me a whore and tell me the only way he would see me is if I came over with beer and promised to sleep with him again. I hate Tucker Max.
  
  
• Made me shoot beer out of my nose
  By A3QYU8D3LEEZUG on 2006-01-04
  I just got my two copies of the book yesterday. One for my bookshelf and one for the public bathroom in my hallway. While all of the new stories were great, the one I appreciated the most was "The Midland Texas Story". The exchanges between Mike and Cliff are hilarious.
  
  I have family members that live in Texas. Although I have never been there, when they do come up here, they make me laugh. Yes, they really do drink that much beer in Texas. It is incredible. I was cracking up when Mike and Cliff would dog on Tucker all the time. That is how born and bred Texans really are. They are a different breed, allbeit a totally lovable and hilarious breed. A great book. Best line in the new book:
  
  Tucker: "I wish I could do that."
  Mike: "I don't think he'd let'cha."
  
  I actually shot beer out of my nose on that one (You have to read the story to get it, I won't give anything away).
  
  
• I did laugh
  By A30ZZW50G1B7VJ on 2006-03-31
  First, I will say that Tucker Max is a terrible excuse for a human being. He knows this already, and it's nothing that hasn't already been said. It's pretty sad when you have a man in his thirties hanging out at frat parties and having sex with young, impressionable college girls. Of course, this schick can only last for a couple more years at the most. Who in the hell wants to hear about a 40 year old guy trying to hit on girls half his age.
  
  With that said, the book (which I bought used) is funny. It made me laugh embarrassingly loud. So mission accomplished Mr. Max.
  
  
  
• Tucker is a good writer but I'm still much better than him generally.
  By A3PPA44R9C84AJ on 2005-12-25
  
  I have had a copy of "I HOPE THEY SERVE BEER IN HELL" on the shelf next to my toilet for about a month now.
  
  About 15 times in the past month I have heard hysterical laughter coming out of the bathroom. One of my buddies was in there so long I had to scream at him to "Get the hell out of there, NOW", at which point I heard a crash and opened the door to see my shower rod and curtain torn off the wall and my buddy rolling around with his pants around his ankles on top of them. He had sat on the toilet reading for so long that his ass and legs had been totally cut off from circulation and when he tried to stand up they completely gave out underneath him causing him to frantically grab for whatever he could.
  
  On a recent trip to Florida my brother read the entire book in about 6 hours, and he is borderline illiterate.
  
  This book is great and even if your personality sucks, people will like you if you buy it for them.
  
  
  
• drunken college god? so much more
  By A3H5LFNUSY6JG2 on 2006-03-22
  i hae the say that this book really chenged the way i look at life. i spent alot of my time on this earth trying to please others, this being what i though was the best way to get people to like you. groing up, teachers and parents always tell you to be yourself, but dont be mean, dont hit, dont drink, dont have sex, dont swear. pretty much a bunch of bullsh*t. this book showd me what a tool i was. a walking contradiction. i no longer try to please people. I aim to please myself, and if someone should get offended while doing this, well f*ck them.
  thank you tucker max, thank you very much
  
  
• An awesome book
  By A14D4NL4YSXIFU on 2005-12-24
  I bought this book because I loved the author's website, www.tuckermax.com, and I was not dissappointed. The new stories are hilarious and incredibly well-written. I cannot recommend Tucker Max or his work highly enough. Absolutely laugh-out-loud funny.
  
  

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