Unshelved reviews Guy Delisle’s A User’s Guide to Neglectful Parenting

Delisle's comics about daily life with his children, which is only one step removed from disaster.

Why I picked it up: I met Delisle’s kids in Burma Chronicles and Jerusalem and wanted to get to know them better.

Why I finished it: Delisle decides it would be a hilarious prank on his son to pretend to have lost his arm to a chainsaw, proves that he and his wife aren’t giving money that supposedly comes from the tooth mouse by saying there is no way they would have forgotten two nights in a row, and eats his favorite cereal in the middle of the night so he doesn't have to share with his daughter.

It's perfect for: Parents who know they don't have to be perfect. (I think it would give the perfect ones aneurysms, particularly when Delisle teaches his son how to really go to town on a punching bag by telling him to pretend it's his sister.)

@bookblrb: Guy Delisle’s days with his kids are one step removed from disaster.