"The Room" is an experience unto itself. Often referred to as "the best worst movie ever made," the film (if it can even be called that? Does the word "film" cast "The Room" in too respectable a light?) is genuinely and hilariously horrendous. The acting is terrible, the script is worse, and the production values… well, it's better not to even mention them.

Most, if not all, of the problems with "The Room" can be traced back to its writer/director/executive producer/star, Tommy Wiseau. Tommy, if you ever meet him in real life, is quite a character, and it's hard to believe that he is, in fact, a real, flesh and blood human being, not some celluloid fantasy gone wrong. But, for better or for worse, Tommy is real, and that means that everyone around him must live with the consequences of his existence, whatever that entails.

Wiseau is a mysterious man, and few people know him better than Greg Sestero, who befriended him in the late 1990s, and played Mark in the movie. Because of this alone, Sestero is uniquely qualified to write a "tell-all" about "The Room," and "The Disaster Artist" (penned with Greg Bissell) is just that.

In "The Room" fan community, there's been a considerable amount of buzz about the book. Will we finally learn where exactly Tommy is from? (Not exactly, but you'll walk away sated.) Will we hear about ridiculous behind-the-scenes antics? (Of course, this is Tommy Wiseau we're talking about!) Will Greg throw Tommy under the bus? (Sort of, but he's also kind of redeemed as a human being.) "The Disaster Artist" delivers on all counts, and should please any rabid fan of "The Room."

But there's a bigger question to be asked: Will most people care about a book about "The Room"? The movie is, after all, a cult classic. The people who know about "The Room" are all, on some level, obsessed with "The Room." But, to be perfectly honest, not that many people in the wider world have even heard of the movie, much less Tommy or Greg. This is where the book has to deliver, beyond the plethora of funny anecdotes that will please the fans.

Structurally, "The Disaster Artist" is sound. It trades off chapters, switching between Tommy and Greg's nascent friendship and the actual process of shooting "The Room." This tactic serves Sestero and Bissell well, as they valiantly attempt to illustrate a man who, to be perfectly frank, defies description. Through Sestero's account, though, the reader gets a feel for who Tommy is, beyond the persona he projects at "The Room" screenings and publicity events. Sometimes, in all the fervor surrounding the movie, it's difficult to remember (or even fathom, for that matter) that Tommy is, somehow, a human being, just like any of us, and "The Disaster Artist" lets us get a glimpse of that.

Even for those who have never interacted with Tommy, or even those who haven't heard of "The Room" and all the brouhaha surrounding it, "The Disaster Artist" proves an entertaining read. While it occasionally becomes bogged down in similes and metaphors (the best way to describe an inexplicable man is by comparing him to things that are understandable), Sestero and Bissell keep the story moving along at a good clip, and spin a compelling yarn. Is it all true? Some of it certainly seems too preposterous to be real, but then again, we are talking about Tommy Wiseau. But in the end, it doesn't really matter if everything is based in reality, because the voyage of "The Disaster Artist" is so enjoyable to watch.

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