Review of Look me in the eye by John Elder Robinson
This book is a memoir written by the brother of the author of Running With Scissors, Augusten Burroughs. Unlike most people who have read Look me in the eye, I have not read Augusten’s book, though I probably will read it now. I give a lot of credit to people who see one author have a lot of success with a book and then decide that they have something to add and can do just as good a job. Frank McCourt’s brother wrote his own memoir after Angela’a Ashesbecame a best seller. I haven’t read it, but the book has done well. Some of the soldiers covered in Mark Bowden’s Blackhawk Down wrote their own book. One of the boat captains in the story A Perfect Stormhas written a couple of successful books. A lot of good books don’t make it because they can’t find an audience. So there’s nothing wrong with riding the coattails of another book.