Happy People Are Annoying.

 

 

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Josh Peck rose to near-instant fame when he starred for four seasons as the comedic center of Nickelodeon's hit show Drake & Josh. However, while he tried to maintain his role as the funniest, happiest kid in every room, Josh struggled alone with the kind of rising anger and plummeting confidence that quietly took over his life. 

For the first time, Josh reflects on his late teens and early twenties. Raised by a single mother, and coming of age under a spotlight that could be both invigorating and cruel, Josh filled the cratering hole in his self-worth with copious amounts of food, television, drugs, and all of the other trappings of young stardom. Until he realized the only person standing in his way...was himself. Today, with a string of lead roles on hit television shows and movies, and one of the most enviable and dedicated fanbases on the internet, Josh Peck is more than happy, he's finally, enthusiastically content.

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Inspirational. 

I have been Josh Peck fan ever since I saw him on Drake & Josh years ago, and which I had re-watched many more time since then. I saw Josh’s weight change. I always found in inspiring it when people went through such a life event. I might not struggle with weight like Josh did, but I did struggle with my weight at some point, and like Josh I took control of that, by exercising, eating healthier. I might not know Josh personally, but I felt proud of him, of what he had accomplished. I loved his writing; his memoir is not a book that you will be able to put it down easily. Once I started reading Happy People Are Annoying I knew that I was in trouble, because I spent hours reading the book. The fact that he added humor to the book, that made it even harder to find a stopping point. 

I knew that Josh struggled with weight, but I didn’t realize how much more he struggled with. The way that he described everything, including his emotions, I found myself feeling those emotions as well. There wasn’t anything in this book that I didn’t enjoy. I have a feeling that this will be one of those books that I will end up re-reading multiple times. After reading Happy People Are Annoying I felt as I got to know Josh much more than before. If he wasn’t one of my favorites before, he is one. I would highly recommend this memoir, one of the best memoirs that I have read. It’s been few days since I finished it, and I can’t get it out of my head.