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3.97 AVERAGE
3.97 AVERAGE
More depth than most celeb autobios - sweet and poignant but not as funny as you would expect from a comic.
Holy crap, how much can life dish out at one person?
I don't know what it's like to lose a parent, or to have not one but a series of life threatening illnesses. But to watch Tig endure and survive and end up feeling, after everything, really happy in life, makes me feel like you can probably survive anything that doesn't kill you.
I don't know what it's like to lose a parent, or to have not one but a series of life threatening illnesses. But to watch Tig endure and survive and end up feeling, after everything, really happy in life, makes me feel like you can probably survive anything that doesn't kill you.
I love Tig. Though, I'd be interested to know for whom this memoir was written; die hard Tig fans know all these stories already, and most people don't pick up the memoir of a complete rando. Regardless, Tig had the most horrible year conceivable and her humor in spite of that is a breath of fresh air in a world that often seems to glorify depression and suicide. I love Tig.
Review here: https://untamedshrews.wordpress.com/2017/05/25/review-babylons-ashes-and-im-just-a-person-summer-reading-update/
Review here: https://untamedshrews.wordpress.com/2017/05/25/review-babylons-ashes-and-im-just-a-person-summer-reading-update/
Contrary to her groundbreaking comedy, this book is heavy from start to end. But that's the point. Within a year Tig suffered through a life-threatening disease, lost her mother in a freak accident, got stage 2 breast cancer in both breasts, had a double mastectomy, and lost her father to dementia. This book shares her journey through that and everything she processed during that time. It is not light reading by any means, and you'll definitely have to prepare yourself for the heartache, but it is raw and beautiful and makes you appreciate her unique comedy style all the more.
A very raw and honest account of Notaro's struggles with sickness and grief that is one of the most personal memoirs I've ever read. Having said that, it was a bad idea–emotionally–for me to read this right now. So I probably would rate this even higher usually.
Tig's talents are in her stand-up delivery, not necessarily her writing. The awkward pauses that make her acts great don't translate to the printed page. That said, I read an uncorrected proof that may have been tightened and hopefully proofread before release. I was hoping for more laughs, more insight, more of her life, but did enjoy her story. I can't dig on her too much - the title is "I'm Just a Person" not "I'm an Awesome Writer."
If you are familiar with Tig, you will enjoy this greatly as the story of someone who overcame crazy challenges to be successful. If you don't know about Tig, do yourself a favour and watch her stand-up. She is a genius.
I thought the writing was really great, the story was emotional and gripping!
dark
emotional
funny
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
If you've seen the Netflix documentary Tig, then you will already be familiar with a lot of the material in this book. The book nicely fills in some of the gaps in the documentary and provides a little more insight into Notaro's early life - it's mostly worth reading for the lovely portrait she paints of her mother, as a complicated but deeply loving person. Honestly, the book seems more a tribute to her mother than an inward-looking memoir.