Comedy Sex God

I love a good spiritual memoir, though in fairness I tend to skew heavily toward the female teacher. Pete Holmes, however, completely won me over in this funny and heartfelt account of his journey from evangelical Christian to spiritual seeker. I laughed, I teared up, I wrote down quotes. Definitely a standout of the year for me.

Well, wasn't this the biggest word-filled surprise ever! I watch “Lights Out with David Spade” and check out the Obligatory Plugs section for the guests every episode where, one night, Pete Holmes had this book written beside his name. I didn't look at what it was about (as I am known to do—I love surprises), but jumped on Audible to see how much it cost. It was only $3.68 Canadian! Hello! My expectations were very low because it was extremely inexpensive.

I could not get enough of listening to Pete tell his story; he nails it in the comedy and the spirituality realm (my favourite combo... it's a rare find). Genuine. Honest. Enlightening. Entertaining. “Comedy Sex God” needs to receive a bonus star—-the five star rating is not enough.
This book brought me great joy. I can't think of a better way to spend $3.68.

Kindred spirits unite

4.5 stars. He begins with his life story and ends with his spiritual journey, much of which centers on Ram Das. As someone who has heard much of Ram Das but really doesn't get him, it was a nice cameo of his appeal for many.

Pete is just as good at writing about spiritually waking up as he is at speaking about it. If you listen to his podcast, you've probably already heard him pontificate about this, but it was still a great (funny) read. It was nice to hear his story start to finish, and you'll learn something about living.

This was probably a 4 star book to me, but it gets five stars because of how much I like Holmes and how usually Christian/spiritual stuff grates on me, and Holmes manages to make the religion and spirituality sections feel honest and refreshing, instead of boring and irritating. I think this is a good book for Christians, athiests, or anybody in between, especially if you have an open mind.

In regards to the non-religion stuff, it was still all very good. Pete is funny and likeable, and while I wish he had delved a lot more into his early standup days (especially considering he's doing a show about them), I can understand why he didn't and overall the book satisfies.