Lynnie 
nonfiction
I really enjoyed Judd Apatow's Sick in the Head
and the interviews in it so I was looking forward to this follow-up.
Unfortunately, I found myself bored more than interested.
Sure, there are some gems among the interviews (Cameron Crowe is among the best), but most of them felt like a lot of naval gazing and conversation I didn't really care about. In the original Sick in the Head, all of the interviews were interesting, even when they were with people whose work I was less familiar with. In Sicker in the Head however, I was often bored by the conversations I was reading and felt that if I had walked up to this conversation in the wild, I would have walked away and not even tried to join in.
Perhaps this book could have benefited from editing, or by including fewer interviews--it's hard for me to say. I only know it took me ages to read because I just wasn't that interested. The takeaway is that Apatow loves comedy and knows lots of other people who do, too. I think most readers' enjoyment will vary based on how much they like comedy, Apatow, or the collection of people he interviews.
Sure, there are some gems among the interviews (Cameron Crowe is among the best), but most of them felt like a lot of naval gazing and conversation I didn't really care about. In the original Sick in the Head, all of the interviews were interesting, even when they were with people whose work I was less familiar with. In Sicker in the Head however, I was often bored by the conversations I was reading and felt that if I had walked up to this conversation in the wild, I would have walked away and not even tried to join in.
Perhaps this book could have benefited from editing, or by including fewer interviews--it's hard for me to say. I only know it took me ages to read because I just wasn't that interested. The takeaway is that Apatow loves comedy and knows lots of other people who do, too. I think most readers' enjoyment will vary based on how much they like comedy, Apatow, or the collection of people he interviews.
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