It's a joke, anyone who can relate to a single page of it will see that. I believe what he writes, but he thinks it's ridiculous that people will buy it. He says that the only reason anyone would consider reading this book is because he is famous and that is why it got published at all. He's telling you not to buy the book, it's not worth anything to anyone but him. And it's wonderful. So for those of you who can't beleive you bought it, you should have opened your eyes to what he was telling yo...

I disagree with all the bad reviews of his book. I do not even get where the pretentiousness was??? It wasn't. Culkin lets the reader know right up front that the book is more of a non-book, it is a joke, that he is no author and that he realizes that the only reason anyone may buy it is because of his name and with expectations misdirected.The reviews have been bad. I guess the people who say such ugly things about this book either didn't read it in it's entirety, didn't bother flipping through...

Part of me wants to feel incredibly sorry for Macaul...err, Junior, because he seems so confused and broken and dejected with major daddy-issues, but then the other part of me knows that he is laughing at me for buying and reading his book in the first place. (I can picture) Macaulay: "Sucker!" He basically tells you in the beginning that hey, if you're dumb enough to buy this book, well then you're gullible enough to believe the load of horseshit he's about to feed you. And what's so great abou...

A year ago, I thought it might be a good idea to buy and read Macaulay Culkin's new book Junior. That was pretty much the stupidest idea I've ever had. It's basically a meaningless miscellany of all too self-conscious stream of consciousness ramblings intended to paint our hero (affectionately calling himself "Junior") as some sort of creative, emotive force of modern writing. He comes off more as a crappy emo rock band that opens for a crappier emo rock band at your local Starbucks.Just because...

This book got panned when it came out, but it is not a conventional novel and you cannot read it with such expectations. I really enjoyed it as it was extremely original and often unexpectedly touching

I read this book in about 8 hours. I LOVED IT! The book reads like a journal, you almost feel like you found it in your boyfriend's closet. It was touching & revealing. Very funny as well. I would recommend it to anyone who is curious about the author's personality.

So, I'm not a big fan of Macaulay Culkin at all. I found this book while browsing through the library and the first pages made me laugh, so I checked it out. It's not a story, it's not really anything, but I think that's the point. It's just complete randomness and for some reason or another I enjoyed it. I don't know if I would necessarily recommend this, I don't know if a lot of people will like it. But I did.

unlike many, I found Junior to be quite an enjoyable read. If you take it for what it is, instead of trying to force it into a genre it wasn't meant to be in, it's a pretty decent book!

It is utterly meaningless & totally ridictulous. & I love it.Everypage is stranger than the last one. It's hilarious & heartbreaking.

"Junior" is really random and stream-of-consciousness but a lot of it is reflective and contemplative. I enjoy this style of writing and absolutely didn't mind it one bit. I loved bouncing around from poetry to the memoir excerpts to the short stories to the letters; it provided a good variety.

I read this book simply because it was written by Macaulay Culkin. I thought it was quite funny actually. He has some major daddy issues, but I like how he is so sarcastic about it. I like the whole idea that this book is a big joke to him and the joke is on us for reading it.

What's with all the ones? Yes, it was silly and pretentious and tried WAY too hard. But.. it was amusing. You have to give it that. I give it three stars for pure amusement value alone.

will write review later but in meantime, all the low star ratings on here are ugh because macaulay culkin--who I like even more now, on top of my already-existing childhood crush on him--not only gives TWO prefaces before you start the book, even including a multiple choice quiz for you to take to determine whether you are the right audience for the book, but there are also like 4 or 5 "checkpoints" to update you on how many words you've read so far which is giving you every chance to abandon th...

I didn't think I'd enjoy this book, but I was pleasantly surprised. It was well-written and it was interesting to weed out all the auto-biographical moments from the story.It was definitely worth the read, since I am a fan of his work.

I was surprised by how much I appreciated this. Macaulay's writings and ravings are frustrating at times, but he is a talented voice. I hope he continues to write. The book became dark and poignant when the topic turned to his father. I can relate.

This book makes me feel less crazy with life. If you can handle the randomness, than you should read it.

I thought this book was a little dark.. seems to be an autobiography.Still, I couldn't put it down. Little Macaulay from home Alone is a decent writer!

After the experimental and playful exchange Macaulay has with the reader throughout, I'd like to think he'd read these. If so, I'd like to thank him first of all for sharing. :) It seems only appropriate that I'd like to make lists of all the things I thought of while reading his book: My father. My brother. My father. My mother. My other brother. My father. My first time. My childhood acting aspirations. My father. The price of fame. My grandfather. My father. Alcoholism. Anger. My father. Sadn...

I found this book to be very interesting throughout the story because the author jumped around so much. If you are looking for a book that follows a linear thought process, this is not one to read.The stories jump around like a mexican jumping bean. At one point you are reading a story about a child then you are reading about an experience this boy had in a bathroom and then reading about things they dislike. I did enjoy though to see what kind of material would come from this famous person. I d...

This book is not to be taken seriously, it's just him playing around with words and making fun of the concept of a novel. He even warns you it is not a proper novel on the cover. Mainly it's silly ramblings by a man who clearly has a lot on his mind. But the passages where he actually stops messing around and writes from the heart are rather soul crushing. How could anyone do that to their child?And the last two pages had me in tears. I found it funny that he was so worried about not ending on a...

This entire novel, can it really even be called a novel? was incoherent. And ridiculous.It was like a blog, kind of, but without any continuity or time line. Some of the pieces were articulated well, but it was hard to care because the serious bits were about two paragraphs long and so out of place with the silly rhyming poems and alliterations, that they just came out of left field. Therefor hard to take them all that serious. But I don't see how it could possibly have been meant to take seriou...

Macaulay is a champion at making lists.The man IS a writer,and I do not need to be an expert to say that..being a reader is quite enough!To much wisdom for a young man.Very smart.A lot of imagination.A lot of fragility.A lot of honesty.That's what an artist is about,isn't it?A wonderful use of words.I love the way he tell stories.I bought the book because I've seen the page 107 somewhere which is a perfect copy of one of my letters and I wanted to know more about it-not because he's a public fig...

Reading other reviews, I understand where people are coming from - but personally I adore this book, its actually my favourite book. It's actually a bittersweet view into the mind of Macaulay Culkin and I could relate to some of the things within its pages - which, by the way, isn't stupid as some reviews imply. It features poems, drawings, journal extracts and short stories and I personally like to dip into it if I need a little reassurance or inspiration from time to time.

I think this is probably the next great American novel.

Macaulay is a champion at making lists.The man IS a writer,and I do not need to be an expert to say that..being a reader is quite enough!To much wisdom for a young man.Very smart.A lot of imagination.A lot of fragility.A lot of honesty.That's what an artist is about,isn't it?A wonderful use of words.I love the way he tell stories.I bought the book because I've seen the page 107 somewhere which is a perfect copy of one of my letters and I wanted to know more about it-not because he's a public fig...

I love what Culkin implies about how his book came into existence. It's like an episode of Seinfeld. Long story short - and I might be reading between the lines here - Culkin tried to impress a girl by telling her that he was writing a book even though he wasn't, but after doubling down on the lie, the next thing you know, he's getting deadlines and page requirements from a publisher. He filled 199 pages with random lists, poetry, and partially anonymized journal entries to meet the deadlines, a...

I love the postmodern “is it/isn’t it a memoir?” of the book. Now that Culkin is back in the public space, and has inadvertently answered some questions, sections of this book make a lot more sense than they would have otherwise. I even like the sections where the narrator engages in babble, like a toddler just finding its own voice. A very cool writerly exercise and example of postmodern narrative.

Jumbled Mess!I saw this one in a little free library and thought what the hell, it's Macaulay Culkin🤷‍♀️ Truth is, I really didn't finish it, I skimmed the last half. It was all over the place, jumbled and made zero sense whatsoever. Hard pass is my vote for anyone that's interested. Back to the little free library it goes.

I felt it was very tough to learn much about Maccaulay Culkin basedon how he wrote his book. It was very tough for me to enjoy reading his book.

I. Love. Macaulay. And this only furthers this love.