A sometimes funny and often candid look at life behind the monastery walls. It isn't always love, peace and geese.

This wasn't a terrible book, but it wasn't what I thought I was going to get, either. When you use the word 'hilarious' in the blurb, I'm expecting a good time. Instead, this was an introspective journey into the world of the author throughout his younger years, mostly and at times had a line or two that made me smile, but really that was about all. If teenage boys tended to keep journals, this could have been from any random one.

The last half of the book, in my opinion, did not work with the first half and was actually more depressing than anything else. It's a strange book and that can be taken as a compliment--or not.

This review is based on a complimentary copy from the publisher, provided through Netgalley. All opinions are my own.