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Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir by Jenny Lawson
3 reviews
chris_reads's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
hopeful
informative
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
4.0
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Animal death, and Medical content
Moderate: Eating disorder, Blood, Alcohol, Chronic illness, Miscarriage, and Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Cultural appropriation, Drug use, and Suicidal thoughts
leweylibrary's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
4.5
I want so badly to give this five stars just off of the humor of it alone (I truly have not ever laughed as much reading a book as I did this one), and I'm sure lots of people would give it five stars! I just can't all because of about a chapter and a half in which the author talked about pregnancy, birth, and motherhood. Normally, this stuff being in a book, especially a memoir, doesn't bug me because I get that it's a big part of a lot of people's lives. However, what I really, really didn't need was all the pretentious, petty jabs at people who are childfree or don't have kids. Like, they were direct attacks, saying things like oh don't look so smug, this will be you eventually 🙄 not everyone who doesn't have kids wants them. It wasn't just one comment either, it was like constant in that span of a chapter and a half. The humor is the only thing that kept me going through it because I was really tempted to stop there.
I'll definitely be reading her other books, though! Absolutely hilarious author. Plus the audiobook was a lot of fun! Especially with the bonus material.
REREAD:
There's not a ton I'd add to this review after rereading it like two(ish) years later. I will say that the pregnancy stuffed bugged me less than the first time, but this time I caught some stuff that hasn't aged too well, so that kind of evened out the review to the same 4.5 stars lol.
I'll definitely be reading her other books, though! Absolutely hilarious author. Plus the audiobook was a lot of fun! Especially with the bonus material.
REREAD:
There's not a ton I'd add to this review after rereading it like two(ish) years later. I will say that the pregnancy stuffed bugged me less than the first time, but this time I caught some stuff that hasn't aged too well, so that kind of evened out the review to the same 4.5 stars lol.
Graphic: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Chronic illness, Gore, and Mental illness
Moderate: Medical content, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts
izwit's review
funny
hopeful
inspiring
fast-paced
4.5
Graphic: Miscarriage, Medical content, Body horror, and Mental illness
Moderate: Animal death, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Infertility, and Drug use
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