Reviews tagging 'Death'

Hello, Molly! by Sean Wilsey, Molly Shannon

17 reviews

cassiesbookishcorner's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective

5.0

This may be the best memoir I've ever read. Molly is so positive and gracious, and appreciative of all of the things she's gone through. Even the rough stuff. She is a phenomenal storyteller. And, of course, hilarious.  But there is SO MUCH HEART in this book! I loved the inside look at her SNL days, and how she came up with her most iconic characters, but her openness with everything else was truly touching. I couldn't count how many times I cried. This was a surprising emotional read, and I loved every second if it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Bullying, Child death, and Death of parent

torturedreadersdept's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Sexual assault, Body shaming, Sexual harassment, Cursing, Misogyny, Grief, Death, Death of parent, Cancer, Car accident, Child death, and Injury/Injury detail

ambrellarella's review

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, and Death of parent

derr1ck19's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, and Addiction

triple_m's review

adventurous inspiring medium-paced

5.0

Molly Shannon has such a wonderful and joyous outlook on life. I didn’t know much about her before and I still really enjoyed this memoir. She definitely has a story to tell and a unique outlook.

HIGHLY recommend the audiobook! Molly really brings the words to life with a lot of flair.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Car accident, Grief, Alcoholism, Death, and Child death

greatexpectations77's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective fast-paced

4.75

I liked this so so much. I liked the non-linear style, and I couldn't believe how upbeat Ms. Shannon has stayed through her whole life. Her relationship with her father felt disconcertingly familiar. She really captured the helplessness that children feel when their primary caregivers are inconsistent. But I think the most important part of this book is that Ms. Shannon doesn't apologize for any of her success. She easily says how successful things were and how funny they were and she's genuinely proud of her hustle without trying to downplay it. It was really refreshing. Absolutely recommend listening to the audiobook.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Grief, Abandonment, Mental illness, Alcohol, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Medical content and Sexual content

mbrewer714's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death, Alcoholism, and Sexual content

crmccleary's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Alcoholism, and Death of parent

aylacommet's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Cancer, and Car accident

jlothian's review

emotional funny sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, and Alcoholism