Tell Me It's Real

OK I don't usually read or enjoy first person POV but for some reason since getting into M/M there have been quite a few good books that just happened to be that way. So I figure, who am I to turn away from a good book just because of the POV.
So I went into this book with a bit of a minus against it already, however right from the first chapter I was laughing so hard I had to put my tablet down to wipe my eyes. Then I'd go back and start laughing again, it was crazy, I thought I would never get through the book. I have NEVER laughed as much in any book ever and I read about a book or two a day right now. I loved the characters and how they interacted with each other and I liked the love story. Most of all though, I loved how much I laughed so hard that my cheeks and ribs hurt. That is why this book gets five stars from me and the author is absolutely is on my top watch list.

Note to self: T.J. Klune is just one of those authors that people love but are not your cup of tea, AT ALL. I've tried, really. I read [b:Into This River I Drown 17213054 Into This River I Drown T.J. Klune https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1357498784s/17213054.jpg 23695986] and [b:Murmuration 30119403 Murmuration T.J. Klune https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1474343141s/30119403.jpg 50544949] and I didn't see what all the fuss was about. Then I tried [b:Bear, Otter, and the Kid 12156759 Bear, Otter, and the Kid (Bear, Otter, and the Kid, #1) T.J. Klune https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1347434774s/12156759.jpg 17127576] and scratched my head over that one too. But this one was on sale, and everyone was so excited about a later book in the series that had just been released, so........And it's just not working for me. I find Klune unfunny and self-indulgent. Paul's stream of consciousness rambling narration is exhausting and annoying. And if Vince is really “dumb as a box of rocks,” how does he hold down a job and manage his life? And what is so dumb about him, besides the fact that he thinks Asia is a country and doesn't recognize Paul's “Freddie Prinze Junior” movie reference? His character is wildly inconsistent.But what really bothered me was the author's casual misogyny. Every time Paul has a bout of self-doubt he calls himself a vagina or otherwise equates himself with a piece of female anatomy to indicate that he is less than a man (as opposed to different but equal). And he also dabbles in a bit of racism with a tasteless “sassy black woman” joke and other racial stereotypes. That's not funny, it's lazy and offensive. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me four times, I finally conclude that I don't like T.J. Klune's work, and will let others whose opinion I respect breathlessly await his upcoming releases while I give them a hard pass.

My most re-read/listened to book of all time and rightly so. OTT humor and ridiculousness galore with a snarky and insanely imaginative narrator whose thoughts often go way off tangent. Sugary sweet, steamy, and positively charming—pure and utter perfection!