Live Like a Vulcan, Love Like a Wookie, Laught Like a Hobbit by Robb Pearlman was an entertaining read. It is based on a man walking into a bar and meeting being invited to sit with an elder, a Vulcan, a Wookie and a Hobbit. While sitting there the five characters discuss the life lessons they have learned through pop culture.

This book was a quick read and I really liked the chapter titles. However, I did wish that some of the chapters had more in depth analysis.

What a funny, refreshing book.

The title itself was enough to lure me in, and anyone who is into movies, books, TV shows, pop culture in general will appreciate this. There are so, so, so many references to some of the most loved characters, you're bound to get sucked in.

It's pretty short, and you can read it at once, or do it like I did, read a couple of chapters every day.

It's funny, insightful, full of great lessons from pop culture. Plenty, plenty of lovely and memorable quotes and moments that will make you wonder. It has a very hopeful, positive outlook on the world, and I loved it.

When i Saw the tittle of this book i jumped at the oportunity of reading it, i am as geek as they come 😅.

I do agree with most quotes of the book but at the same time it wasnt nothing out of this world, i mean the whole story takes place in a bar/coffee shop in a anime convention and the story its mostly quotes, talking about scenes and characters of other fandoms.

It's funny to have Spok sewing the hobbit vest with needles and thread that the Wookie had stored in his costume and all vilains are the Heroes of their stories except negan 😅 did i see a grundge there?

But its a short read, maybe you'll like it a lot, just give it a try.

I recieved an ARC of this book through netgalley and i am voluntary leaving a review.

While this wasn't quite was I was expecting, it was a fun read overall. I enjoyed the chapter titles, but the commentary wasn't as deep as I was expecting based on the summary.

A big thank you to NetGalley and BenBella Books for sending an advance copy of that book!


“Live like a Vulcan, Love like a Wookie, Laugh like a Hobbit” follows the adventure of a geek after a day at a comic con wherein his search for the rest, he found a bar with an elder, a Vulcan, a Wookie and a Hobbit. Our five protagonists will go through life lessons they learned from Pop Culture. They’ll talk about the toxicity of certain fandoms to how we should not judge people without knowing their past.

I really liked that book, first because I am a huge nerd and I had consumed and love most of the shows or books they talked about. When covid was not a thing I used to go to 2 conventions every year and it was an amazing experience meeting people that share my interests.
The philosophy part and the parallels they made between Pop Culture and our lives were very interesting and I was pleased to see that I already made some of them myself. I highlighted a lot of quotes, one of them was “ We don’t win by defeating what we hate, we win by saving the things we love”.

The only downside someone could find is that there are some mild spoilers, but I guess that it won’t be relevant as it is destined for a public more in touch with masterpieces from Pop Culture.

For me, that book deserves 5/5 stars.

Ps: I’ll probably binge watch some of the shows and movies mentioned in the near future

Live like a vulcan, love like a wookiee, laugh like a hobbit by Robb Pearlman is one of those books taht helps restoring your faith in humanity. It is delicate, funny, reading it makes you happy.
It narrates the story of a guy alone at a comic-con suddenly finding himself eating, drinking, and talking with a diversified company composed by three people dressed as a vulcan, a wookiee, and a hobbit. They get to talking and sharing a few bites and drinks, and their conversation range from the mantras each one of them lives by (live like a vulcan, love like a wookiee, and so on) to various topics such as the fear of feeling exposed and insecure a geek like them could experience when going to a comic-con.
It's a very short book, you can read it in about 2/3 hours, but as I said it is a balm for the sould. The company is variegated but every one of them is a wise person contributing to the important topics that this story eviscerates via "geek metaphors".
Recommended if you need some faith in humanity and a good laugh.

Good look in to the geeks in us all! Fun chapter tiles but a miss connection to the chapter as a whole, a fun read but would love a deeper insight.

This was definitely enjoyable reading and I found it very interesting, but I'm still not 100% sure about the narrative structure. I was expecting a collection of articles/essays around each point, but they were instead shaped into a storytelling format about people meeting up for a meal during a comic convention.

Because it was set up like that, I was expecting some element of a plot, but it's more just an enlightening conversation. That said, the conversation was entertaining, but I couldn't quite get my head around why that was the choice or wondering if I would have liked it better without that conceit. I did enjoy the rapid-fire rounds, though--they were funny, touching, and spot on! And I appreciated the overall message that there's a lot of wisdom in pop culture that can help us become our best selves.

Many thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review.

Thank you for the E Arc NetGalley. This is a great little book about life lessons for the geek in all of us. Chock full of pop culture references it won’t leave you disappointed. While it is about life lessons it doesn’t come off as too preachy which I appreciated.

I get the premise, but it doesn’t feel genuine to me. The chapter titles were good but I was expecting deeper philosophical analysis of the fandoms? Also the wookie, hobbit, and Vulcan had the same exact voice. It would have nice to have different voices of nerd types presented with the three.