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Book Review of The Rum Diary

The Rum Diary
The Rum Diary
Author: Hunter S. Thompson
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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I'm sorry that I hated this. I'm a huge HST fan and could barely make it through this...and it's hardly a few hundred pages. It's the beginnings of talent, a work in progress...and it's really obvious. It's one of those books where you finish it, blink a few times, and say, "nothing happened." If you're looking to get into Hunter S. Thompson and don't know where to start, this definitely isn't it. Get yourself a copy of Hells Angels and see the Doctor really at work.