Book: Average American Male

Alright, I just finished the book The Average American Male last night and it was AMAZING! I really did love this book and had a really hard time putting it down because I really wanted to know what would happen next. I am going  to buy the second book of Chad Kultgen on Amazon right now, the other book is called The Lie and it seems like it will be just as good as this one! 

Image via VOX

I really wish that I got the book with this cover even though I do really like the plain black and white cover. :)

This was the first novel that Chad Kultgen ever wrote and it was written after he graduated college. It is a book that follows one man (unnamed) through his life during his mid-twenties and two relationships. Here is a quote from The Average American Male and The Lie website.

"The unnamed narrator of AVERAGE AMERICAN MALE is in his late twenties, has an unimportant job, plays video games, and hangs out with his friends and his girlfriend. But that's not all. He unabashedly reveals every thought that goes through his head, from his sexual fantasies involving his annoying girlfriend and other women he encounters, his masturbation sessions while watching porn, and his disgust with his annoying girlfriend and a majority of the people he comes across." - The Average American Male

While I was reading this book I thought of a majority of my guy friends and even myself because I have so many guy friends that I have developed a "guy mentality" and I will find myself thinking like a man. I really think that this book captures the essence of a man, which is masturbation, fucking girls/guys, sexual fantasies, and hatred for everyone around him. :) It was really cool because I found myself highlighting and underlining things that reminded me of my friends and of myself. 


But, here is a video clip of The Average American Male on YouTube (because after the book was published it inspired a lot of viral videos about it.)