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Failure Is An Option: An Attempted Memoir
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Failure Is An Option: An Attempted Memoir
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Failure Is An Option: An Attempted Memoir

Written by H. Jon Benjamin

Narrated by H. Jon Benjamin

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H. Jon Benjamin—the lead voice behind Archer and Bob's Burgers—helps us all feel a little better about our own failures by sharing his own in a hilarious memoir-ish chronicle of failure.

Most people would consider H. Jon Benjamin a comedy show business success. But he'd like to remind everyone that as great as success can be, failure is also an option. And maybe the best option. In this book, he tells stories from his own life, from his early days ("wherein I'm unable to deliver a sizzling fajita") to his romantic life ("how I failed to quantify a threesome") to family ("wherein a trip to P.F. Chang's fractures a family") to career ("how I failed at launching a kid's show").

As Jon himself says, breaking down one's natural ability to succeed is not an easy task, but also not an insurmountable one. Society as we know it is, sadly, failure averse. But more acceptance of failure, as Jon sees it, will go a long way to making this world a different place . . . a kinder, gentler place, where gardens are overgrown and most people stay home with their pets. A vision of failure, but also a vision of freedom.

With stories, examples of artistic and literary failure, and a powerful can't-do attitude, Failure Is an Option is the book the world doesn't need right now but will get regardless.

LanguageEnglish
Release dateMay 1, 2018
ISBN9780525527732
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Failure Is An Option: An Attempted Memoir

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  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This is the best celebrity memoir I’ve ever read. I usually prefer to read the books and not have them read to me, but this is one time where the audiobook is so much better. The stories are interesting, and they’re told so well. Plus I just pictured Bob in the different situations, which made it just that much better!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Hilarious. Mix of personal stories and filler material, all funny. Would recommend to others.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Hilarious! So candid and honest. Perfect for a road trip and laughing out loud.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I laughed out loud so many times. This is one of the best self help books I've ever read. Full of dry self deprecating wisdom. Thanks Jon!
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    No better voice to narrate this! So soothing! Wish he did more audiobooks narration. Book is solid as well, the perfect combo of dark humor, dry humor, and memoir styling.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Lightweight, but amusing. The book's title and presentation poke fun at "never stop grinding" self-help books, but the content for the most part is standard comedian-memoir fare: funny stories from their past, usually with themselves as the chump or the fall guy. Benjamin tells the stories well, and punctuates them with sketches like Failed Presidential Pets or his attempts to get an academic to provide him some filler. This book is nothing life changing, and there are no grand revelations, but it's a fun way to pass a few hours.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Funniest audiobook Ive heard. Laughed out loud from start to finish