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Scammer: The Director's Cut
Caroline Calloway is the viral storyteller who helped define the modern influencer era – an online legend whose life became one of the internet's most captivating sagas. Her voice isn't just distinctive – it is the culture she helped create. In The Director's Cut, Caroline Calloway shares with you exactly how it is in her fabulously chaotic mind.
'The Director's Cut of the Scammer audiobook is an internet invention that's the first of its kind. And like all of my best breakthroughs it takes the existing framework of online culture we already know and love, and innovates.
This is an audio product unlike anything else that takes the linear narrative of a traditional audiobook and combines it with the conversational digressions of an unscripted podcast.
It's all of the plot and prose you love from Scammer plus all the behind the scenes secrets about what I cut and what I wish I had included and – honestly? Also whatever the f*** was top of mind that day I went into the recording studio. Buckle up, b***h! This is one bumpy, decadent, delicious audiobook ride.'
'The Director's Cut of the Scammer audiobook is an internet invention that's the first of its kind. And like all of my best breakthroughs it takes the existing framework of online culture we already know and love, and innovates.
This is an audio product unlike anything else that takes the linear narrative of a traditional audiobook and combines it with the conversational digressions of an unscripted podcast.
It's all of the plot and prose you love from Scammer plus all the behind the scenes secrets about what I cut and what I wish I had included and – honestly? Also whatever the f*** was top of mind that day I went into the recording studio. Buckle up, b***h! This is one bumpy, decadent, delicious audiobook ride.'
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Published March 6, 2026
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May 7, 2026
Meant for an extremely specific audience of which I am a member.
April 22, 2026
this may be the future
This was such a bizarre yet brilliant audio experience. I don't think we can call it a book, even though it contains a book. I genuinely would like more authors to create a strange podcast-audiobook hybrid where they critique and give context on their own work.
Scammer: The Director's Cut is a bit of a mess. It feels more like a voice note than it does anything else. It contains the entirety of the Scammer memoir read by the author, but more often than not it is incredibly conversational and uncut. I had a lot of fun!
This was such a bizarre yet brilliant audio experience. I don't think we can call it a book, even though it contains a book. I genuinely would like more authors to create a strange podcast-audiobook hybrid where they critique and give context on their own work.
Scammer: The Director's Cut is a bit of a mess. It feels more like a voice note than it does anything else. It contains the entirety of the Scammer memoir read by the author, but more often than not it is incredibly conversational and uncut. I had a lot of fun!
Review of advance copy received from Netgalley
It's a fun idea to combine an audiobook with a conversational, podcast-like style. Leslie Jones did something similar with her audiobook, which I LOVED!
The difference between this and Leslie’s audiobook is that Leslie has a ton of confidence when reading her own stories (and she's objectively funny), whereas Caroline is going a little hard on the self-deprecation. I got a few chapters in but could hardly focus on the stories because of how many times she stopped to say how "bad" this book is, and which parts she will be cutting when she re-publishes the book. Trust me, I get how cringe it is to read your own writing but its simply bad business to talk shit about the book your readers are actively reading (or in this case, listening to). I get that the fluid nature and the slip-ups are the whole “thing” but I’m not sure I found her charming enough to put up with it.
I’m a chronically online millennial white woman who reads The Cut, so if this isn’t for me I’m not sure who it’s for…
The difference between this and Leslie’s audiobook is that Leslie has a ton of confidence when reading her own stories (and she's objectively funny), whereas Caroline is going a little hard on the self-deprecation. I got a few chapters in but could hardly focus on the stories because of how many times she stopped to say how "bad" this book is, and which parts she will be cutting when she re-publishes the book. Trust me, I get how cringe it is to read your own writing but its simply bad business to talk shit about the book your readers are actively reading (or in this case, listening to). I get that the fluid nature and the slip-ups are the whole “thing” but I’m not sure I found her charming enough to put up with it.
I’m a chronically online millennial white woman who reads The Cut, so if this isn’t for me I’m not sure who it’s for…
Review of advance copy received from Netgalley
I received this audiobook as an ARC from NetGalley. I didn't know a lot about Caroline Calloway before listening to this audiobook- and I hadn't listened to the original Scammer book (nor read it). This book is really shocking- I think it is very interesting listening to her commentary on her own writing, yet still shows how tone deaf she is. I think she has grown a lot since originally writing Scammer but she definitely still isn't likeable! This was more comparable to an 18 hour podcast than a audiobook but I think that was the point. I would recommend it- it definitely isn't an easy listen. Caroline comes from extreme privilege but goes through some tough stuff. I would recommend it if you are familiar with Caroline and her lore, or if you are looking for a podcast-like audiobook.
May 14, 2026
This was completely unhinged, but I kind of loved it.
If I had consumed this memoir in its original format, I think I would have given it 2 stars. As Caroline admits herself, it’s bad. Clunky writing, too many adverbs, huge structural issues, confusing non-linear timelines with zero details as to where or when we’re at in the context of her life… But as a podcast-audiobook hybrid with personal anecdotes and painfully self-aware critiques in real time? It works.
If I had consumed this memoir in its original format, I think I would have given it 2 stars. As Caroline admits herself, it’s bad. Clunky writing, too many adverbs, huge structural issues, confusing non-linear timelines with zero details as to where or when we’re at in the context of her life… But as a podcast-audiobook hybrid with personal anecdotes and painfully self-aware critiques in real time? It works.
Review of advance copy received from Netgalley
this was such a riot to listen to while doing weekend chores, walking around etc.
just like the author intended. to be able to revisit your writing a couple years in sounds like a nightmare, and sounded like a nightmare to the author, but she does it very well, adding commentary/context.
eventually, i ended up laughing along a few times.
thanks to netgalley and the publisher for an ARC.
just like the author intended. to be able to revisit your writing a couple years in sounds like a nightmare, and sounded like a nightmare to the author, but she does it very well, adding commentary/context.
eventually, i ended up laughing along a few times.
thanks to netgalley and the publisher for an ARC.
Review of advance copy received from Netgalley
Okay, so I did not read the original release of Scammer so I came in a bit blind to what the original book was. This was a fun journey in the end. I enjoyed hearing Caroline's thoughts and "behind the scenes" looks at the choices she made writing this. I do not think I would have enjoyed it as much without the commentary. Some points of the story she is very self-aware and clearly has grown since she wrote Scammer.
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