I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell, by Tucker Max

Published in 2006. 288 p.

Rating: 5 stars

Summary: Tucker Max: Southern ladies man and raging drunk, recounts his adventures in mostly red states. He drinks, he insults, he shags, he often vomits, he writes about it.

Review: Funniest thing I have EVER read. Ever. Ever ever. Ever. This book is so far beyond hysterical, I have actually found that it has practical applications: it can be referenced similarly to Sex and the City, but mostly with guys, because lets face it, girls aren’t exactly clamoring to read the book.

I fully believe that 90% of people have a little Tucker Max in them. Even if no one knows about it, there’s a little Tucker Max inside everyone. Socially, we learn to check the little Tucker Max voice in our heads, because our mothers taught us not to be rude. Apparently his mother wasn’t around or something, because he never learned to check the rudeness.

Tucker gets drunk, Tucker insults the ugly girls/guys, finds a (sometimes) hot (always) dumb girl to shag, usually shags her, and then some crazy shit happens, generally either directly before, during or after the shagging. Sometimes it involves the shagging, other times it involves upchuck or other bodily excrements, sometimes it involves cars, guns, punches, dead goats or whatever else.

Is Tucker a legend? Some say so. However, I must say, we’ve all had those nights, and I know plenty of people that live up to the Tucker Max standard. Hell, I’ve done that a time or two (Tucker, you remember being played by a girl or two in your day? I’m that girl, the girl who plays guys that think that they are playing her. While I’m drunk. And insulting and blueballing the guy who wants to take me home.) I think Tucker is very inventive in the crazy shit he enacts (see “Tucker goes to a Hockey Game,”) and sometimes he gets stories because he is about as dumb as the girls he shags (see “Tucker tries Buttsex; Hilarity does not Ensue.”)

Do I think everyone should read this book? Absolutely not; it would send my mother into an early grave. This is for the strong stomached, sexually and drunkenly unshockable (although you may still be shocked at times,) who like to laugh at other people. You should be intelligent if you plan to read this book, otherwise, it’s you that Tucker is making fun of. You should not be a slut, again for the reason that you are the one he is making fun of. However, if you are an intelligent non-whore that likes sex jokes and trading stories about “dude, I was sooo drunk that I…” this book is probably for you. Also check out his website (tuckermax.com), specifically for the Miss Vermont story that does not appear in the book. If you are unsure as to whether or not you will enjoy the book, read one or two of them online, and then go buy the book (yes, buy. No library on this one, you will be passing it around to all of your friends. And will still want to keep a copy of it at home for reference.)