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Review by A. Revel for Drink, Play, F@#k: One Man’s Search for Anything Across Ireland, Las Vegas, and Thailand
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Three words for this hysterical, witty, GENIUS novel. 1: Oh. 2: My. 3: God. A satire on the novel Eat Pray Love (Elizabeth Gilbert), comedian writer Andrew Gottlieb nails the angry husband who takes a year off dedicated to drinking, gambling and, well, f@#king. The protagonist, Bob Sullivan, is in Ireland when he notes that his ex-wife was on “some kind of whirlwind transcontinental spiritual journey. Yet one more idea of mine that she copied that I’ll never get any credit for.” (page 51). The intrinsic connections to the Eat Pray Love story are masterful without being overwhelming or obvious – so much so, this story would stand alone if you’d never even heard of Eat Pray Love. If every story has two sides, Drink Play F@#k is a convincing version of a scorned husband’s tale of a marriage break-up and subsequent quests to discover what really matters in life: happiness.

Review by Stephen T. Hopkins for Drink, Play, F@#k: One Man’s Search for Anything Across Ireland, Las Vegas, and Thailand
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Parody can be the funniest of all types of humor, so it was with high expectations that when I saw the book cover of Andrew Gottlieb’s, Drink, Play, [...], as a match to Elizabeth Gilbert’s popular Eat, Pray, Love, I picked it up with relish. I had given Gilbert a two-star rating, and never bothered to write a review. Following a divorce, protagonist Bob Sullivan decides to let himself go loose for the first time in his life, and see what happens. His first step was to drink, and he did that with gusto in Ireland, meeting compatible characters and telling stories to all who would listen. I wish this book had such gusto, but the drinking episode came across as maudlin. The pace picked up when Bob heads to Vegas to play, and along the way meets a guru who guides him through the Vegas games. The gambling, golfing and playing had little humor and unexceptional stories. At just the right time, the guru suggests the pleasures of Thailand, and Bob ends up in a remote resort to enjoy great physical satisfaction, until a car accident. While I laughed at times, there just wasn’t enough laughter to make the full parody work. By the end of the book, I couldn’t care less what happened to Bob.

Rating: One-star (Read only if your interest is strong)

Review by Justin Hardin for Drink, Play, F@#k: One Man’s Search for Anything Across Ireland, Las Vegas, and Thailand
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When I picked this book up at the store I loved the title and I loved the blurbs about the book on the back so much that I had to have it! Based on these two things I bought this book and finished it within a week. It was a fun and interesting read but I really thought the book had more potential than what it gave. The main character Bobby just got a divorce so he goes on a world wind adventure of debauchery that spans across Ireland, Vegas, and Thailand. The adventures that he lives out are every man’s dream he drinks in Ireland, gambles in Vegas, and of course has sex in Thailand. The writer delivers some great one liners and amusing anecdotes but all in all the book really fell short. It felt like all the chapters were rushed and while this is a good book it’s not a great book. I know that this book was written as an impudent which is funny but in the end the whole book is very predictable and written somewhat (for my tastes) like a romantic comedy. Guy’s wife is mean, guy’s wife cheats, he gets divorced, goes out and gets drunk, fornicates, finds himself, then hopes to find someone else. To me that formula is directly linked to most romantic comedies and for being somewhat unoriginal is why I give it only three stars. The book was a good read don’t get me wrong! It just wasn’t what I thought it was. It was entertaining yet not filled with the craziness that embodies a great title like, “Drink, Play, F@#k”.