I really like Jay Ellis so I was excited to check this out.

This is described as a vulnerable memoir... but it's mostly surface level, not deeply vulnerable, and Ellis himself says in the first chapter, "This ain't a memoir. I haven't lived enough life for that. This is a book filled with vignettes of childhood."

There are interesting coming-of-age stories, and the lessons learned from them. But I'll be way more interested in a true memoir that covers more of his life and adulthood and is more vulnerable and insightful.

I did really like the '80s and '90s references as an '80s/'90s kid myself and pop culture lover.