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Assholes

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This graphic novel was hilarious and well-drawn, definitely worth the money and the hype, and I hope will be successful!

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I loved the art in this, so clean, stylized, and fits the tacky/classy Hollywood milieu perfectly. The characters are reprehensible and any lessons they learn are quickly repressed, but it is an excellent portrait of toxic masculinity and power.

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Satirical graphic novel with clear and bright illustrations. The main characters were very unlikeable, but as the title suggests, this was the point. The story was simple, covering a game of golf between 2 frenemies. The author does a good job of making the characters cringe inducing and insufferable. I would have like for something terrible to happen to them , but alas as in real life, they just went on with their lives.

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This book was too crass and very boring. It's about exactly what you think it would be about by the title. Oh and add golf. Not fun golf. Boring golf.

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Well this book certainly lives up to the title. I wasn't really sure what I was getting myself in for with this often confronting graphic novel.
We follow two TV celebrities as they play through 18 holes of golf. Each hole is not really related to the last so the "story" jumps around a lot.
The characters are terrible, vile human beings but I should have gathered that from the title. They really show what I imagine many people are like living this privileged life with no consequence.
I do like the drawing style but I don't really know who this graphic novel is meant to appeal to.
Thanks to Netgalley.com and Europa comics for my eARC copy.

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This comic is about two wealthy celebrities playing golf and seems to satirize celebrity culture and male friendships. It was funny at times but it was generally pretty crass and gross. I like that it emphasized how despicable celebrities can be when the public isn't looking and how men talk about women behind their backs. I enjoyed the art style but overall, the story was kind of boring and isn't anything new about celebrity culture.

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This whole book is a meaningless dirty jokes I never wanted in my life. Sorry I'm so disappointed, I Don't wanna write even one more line about it.

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Mixed about this one, humourous in some parts, a bit crude in some parts.

May not be relatable to many of us. Thank you Netgalley for the ARC

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Arseholes indeed. Don't bother with this misogynistic drivel. It'll just make you rate at all the assholes in the world and you'd rather save your energy for better reads.

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I liked the illustration style, though found it hard to get into the wider story to be honest. I finished it off, but not the most engaged that I've ever been, and I'd struggle to say that I'll be telling everyone I know to read it. It's got a particular 'feel' about it though that I associate with cartoon strips that I've seen before like Dilbert, so if you're a fan of that sort of thing then it might well suit.

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A graphic novel with very dark humour that focuses on two wealthy and entitled men playing golf together. They are extremely selfish and rude. I can see how this is parodying some celebrities, toxic men in power in particular, however it didn't really have any driving plot or points.

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I knew this would be a light hearted book and I was not wrong. It follows two celebrities while they spend a day golfing. They joked around, reminisced and had internal flashbacks as they went along. They were portrayed as obnoxious, aged and rude characters who ultimately does something incriminating and has to pay off the staff.

This may not be your cup of tea if aren't comfortable to strong language and lewd remarks.

Thank you NetGalley and Europe Comics for giving me the opportunity to read this.

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A golf course in LA, in the early hours of the morning. Two TV celebrities, the American Chuck Atkins and the British Simon Kennedy, meet up for a "friendly" round on the links. But as they make their way through 18 holes, things quickly unravel, leaving chaos in their wake... Because those overgroomed, perfect exteriors hide a lot of blemishes. This boisterous graphic novel written by American author Micah Stahl and illustrated by Belgian artist Bram Algoed takes up many central issues in today's culture, from fame and narcissism to loneliness and accountability. At times tragic, often rowdy, and always funny, this is the perfect book for readers who love a wayward story drawn in an original style.

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Sooo...what was the point of this? Not funny, not insightful, just an unfortunately lifelike cartoon about how rich white dudes are awful? Ok then, successful I guess, but pretty unnecessary for those of us who live in reality 24/7.

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I wanted to enjoy this graphic novel a lot but couldn't because there is no humour and a lot of misogynistic comments which seems inappropriate. The characters had no story development and after chapter 10 I stopped reading it. Couldn't read it any further!

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Thank you to Netgalley, the publisher and the author for sharing this title for an honest review. I appreciate crudeness but this one didn’t have the humour to make it less uncomfortable. There was even a banned chapter which was surprising since some other chapters were hard to read.

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There is something wonderfully freeing about watching awful people behaving badly. Both Simon Kennedy and Chuck Atkins are hilarious and deplorable in equal measure.

The appalling things they say about each other and the people in their lives and the ludicrous levels of ego on display captivated me all the way through all 18 chapters of the book.

For those that like their comedy unfiltered, their protagonists disgraceful and unrepentant, and their golf strewed with discussions about sex and money, this is a must-read.

One of the best compliments I can give is that Simon and Chuck’s snipping at each reminded of Bottom’s Eddie Hitler and Richard "Richie" Richard exchanging barbs. It's one of the funniest things I have read this year.

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It's a book I liked just for the enemies to friends, I love enemies to lovers and enemies to friends. But, what a whimsical story of a famous British man who plays golf with another man and they both fight and live their bitter moments to see who plays better golf.

Soon they realize that this is not just a fight but the beginning of a friendship.

I liked it? yes, but it didn't fascinate me as expected. I saw the NetGalley reviews after reading the book and I felt sorry for it, but honestly I couldn't give it a 5 for pity. However I give it a 4 because enemies to friends is something else.

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I thought I would read this as a graphic novel but honestly the blurb made it sound more interesting than it actually turned out to be. I did not enjoy Assholes by Bram Algoed and Micah Stahl. I struggled to finish and didn't really want to. I don't know who would enjoy this. I actually stopped and read some other reviews and they slated it - so I felt I should give it a fair try to give an honest review. But, honestly, they were correct! It was not really worth finishing.
Who, in this day and age, wants to dedicate any of their own time to entitled, rich, racist, sexist, men. No more, I say! And the publisher agrees, removing a full chapter they deemed too offensive to publish, so instead we got a note from the publisher stating as such in the middle of the graphic novel. I was curious as to what was so offensive, even more that they already had been!?
Honestly, who thought people would be interested in these two charcters for a whole book! Not me! I am forced to give it a star as it won't allow no stars!

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Yes, these two are assholes.

The competitiveness between them over their wealth, genitals, the misogynistic and racist comments, the drinking and driving ... I could go on and on about how the author was able to convey the book's message : money doesn't buy class.

Having said that, not having class never equals being funny. I'm tired of hearing "boys will be boys" and "they don't know any better." The only way society is going to get rid of narcissist pigs like these two is by sending the message that this isn't funny. Adding the word humor to the summary is sending us back to the 1950s.

Thank you Netgalley for the book.

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