re: Hillbilly Elegy is one of the worst movies I've seen in a long, long time

Haven't seen the movie but picked up the book when it was relatively new. I was drawn to the basic premise of the book but holy shite it beat you over the head with it incessantly. "I grew up dirt poor, but worked hard and am really smart and look at me now!". He could've whittled the book down to that sentence and I would've came away with the same thoughts. It was just that same phrase repeated over and over and over in different ways.