A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints Audiobook

" A beautiful memoir about recognizing our teachers, our hearts home, our Saints. "

" I read this book because of seeing the movie. I liked the movie very much, but the book is quite different. For one thing, the movie is drawn from a very small part of the novel. I liked certain aspects of the book, but at times had a hard time understanding the language and what the author was trying to say. I guess you have to grow up in that kind of environment and know the culture. "

" oh new york, new york. "

" The author was really annoying, there was no structure at all to the book, and after a while, it seems he forgot that he was writing about his "saints" and instead just starting writing random stories from his youth. Seems like he thought he was awesome as a kid, whereas most of us probably thought he was annoying and wished he would go away. It scares me that he's writing another book. "

" I read the book after seeing the movie and was a bit disappointed. I think I liked the story of the movie better, as well as the fact that it was a continuous story. However, there were parts of the book that were absolutely superb and that make it worth reading. "

" B; Okay, interesting life, will have to check out the movie. "

" Read this book! The story literally grabs you and makes you step in the shoes of Dito. The story overall, is grabbing, read it before watching the movie, nuff said. "

" Much more significant if you grew up in a NYC bourough or want to understand what it is like - the audio of the book is also excellent "

" after reading about ditto's lifestyle can kind of understand how scattered brained this book is.with that said i really enjoyed it. "

" I really enjoyed this book, particularly the casual narrative style. "

" Rough and tumble memoir about a kid runnin' the streets of Astoria, Queens and eventually singin' some songs, taking a few pix and becoming a friend of Bruce Weber and Allen Ginsberg. Only in New York? Yeah, really. "

" It's basically about people who do nothing but party and fall ass backwards into money. And moral turpitude. "

" It was ok -- I didn't hate it, but I don't really feel like I learned anything from it or was impacted by it in any way. He says outright that he's going for a disjointed, unedited feel with the book, and he certainly achieved that. It was like reading a stranger's moderately interesting blog. "

" 3/4 stars.Great story but I started to get the charecters confused with each other,and I felt that the author rambled a lot. "

" Perhaps not perfectly written/structured, but I loved the humanity of this book. "

" Interesting, but nothing at all like the movie -- which isn't a bad thing, but don't pick this up expecting the feel of the movie (or the storyline). "

" Dito Montiel wrote a memoir that recalls his rock and roll start in the streets of New York. I found myself looking forward to finding out what kind of misadventure Dito would get into with every chapter. "

" I read this book several times. I even read it once while I was on vacation in New York...stayed in Queens, and visited many of the areas mentioned in the book. That was a blast! Also, the movie is wonderful!! "

" Mind blowing? "

" I liked it. Not necessarily the greatest writer in the world, but by the end, you know what's important to him, and you agree. "

" Reminiscent of the beats, and very enjoyable. The story of the author's upbringing in Queens back in the 80's, when Astoria was still a rough-and-tumble narrative. Robert Downey Jr. stars in the film version. "

" Dito Montiel wrote a memoir that recalls his rock and roll start in the streets of New York. I found myself looking forward to finding out what kind of misadventure Dito would get into with every chapter. "

" after reading about ditto's lifestyle can kind of understand how scattered brained this book is.with that said i really enjoyed it. "

" self indulgent and kind of bragging but good. the movie is better. "

" I read the book after seeing the movie and was a bit disappointed. I think I liked the story of the movie better, as well as the fact that it was a continuous story. However, there were parts of the book that were absolutely superb and that make it worth reading. "

" It was ok -- I didn't hate it, but I don't really feel like I learned anything from it or was impacted by it in any way. He says outright that he's going for a disjointed, unedited feel with the book, and he certainly achieved that. It was like reading a stranger's moderately interesting blog. "

" B; Okay, interesting life, will have to check out the movie. "

" oh new york, new york. "

" Much more significant if you grew up in a NYC bourough or want to understand what it is like - the audio of the book is also excellent "

" I read this book several times. I even read it once while I was on vacation in New York...stayed in Queens, and visited many of the areas mentioned in the book. That was a blast! Also, the movie is wonderful!! "