Running With Scissors

Title: Running With Scissors 

Author: Augusten Burroughs 

Pages: 304 

Rating: ★★★★☆ 

Review: After reading “Running With Scissors” you will appreciate the “boring” moments in your life. When you start reading, you learn about Augusten as a kid. He couldn’t control anything in his life except his appearance so he wouldn’t even go to school if one hair was out of place. There were never any happy moments between his parents. They were constantly fighting and this eventually ended in them getting a divorce. His dad was never really present in Burroughs life after that. His mom is a poet and an avid smoker. 

Right before the divorce occurred, She got a therapist named Dr. Finch. Once this man was introduced into Burroughs’s life, he never really left. His mom dropped him off at Dr. Finchs house and there he began to live. As he continues to live in this house, he is faced with all kinds of challenges including getting involved with a boy twice his age. At the age of 13, Augusten was treated like a full-grown adult that was left to deal with his own life. 

As the book progresses we are taken through the wild ride that is Burroughs life. From faking suicide to get out of school, to watching his mother get hospitalized and attempt suicide, to passing his GED and becoming a writer. 

I would recommend reading this book if you are feeling a little lost in the world. This book is a great reminder that no matter what situation you are in it can always get better. It is also a great entertaining story. 

By: Kristina Shelton