Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Hello, Molly! by Sean Wilsey, Molly Shannon

8 reviews

itsgnat's review

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Cancer, Car accident, Child death, Sexual assault, Grief, Death of parent, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Cursing, and Body shaming

heatherd's review

emotional informative inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

4.0

I loved this memoir! Molly Shannon's life has been difficult in so many ways, but she has an incredibly positive, sunny attitude about all of it. Her relationship with her father was tough but she loved him so much and always wanted him to be proud of her. I found her story so inspiring.

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Content Warnings

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

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

javafenn's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

I loved this book but gave it 4 stars for a couple of reasons. Parts of the book went really deep or they didn’t go deep at all so it was which made it a little difficult to maintain a steady listen. I found myself turning it off after a chapter feeling like that was enough for the day. Some parts were also extremely shocking with very little context or explanation. That said, it was really awesome to hear stories of her time on SNL. Listening to how she got on the show, met famous cast members, built her career, and navigated life was really fascinating and gave me a new appreciation for the comedians who I grew up with and love. She starts you off with an absolute punch to your gut story about the devastating loss of her mother, baby sister, and cousin, and her father’s battle with alcohol but peppers it with tales of triumphs as well. I think my favorite but is how she developed her most iconic characters for SNL. Defiantly a good listen.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death of parent, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Child death, Alcoholism, and Toxic relationship

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

amandas_bookshelf's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child death, Death of parent, Alcoholism, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexism and Sexual harassment

Minor: Alcohol and Drug use

chessakat's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

This was SUCH A DELGHT! Molly Shannon is such a relentless ray of sunshine, I just want to squeeze her. 

All that being said - this is NOT a book of only rainbows and sunbeams - I cried MULTIPLE times listening to this. Molly and her family suffered some truly terrible losses when she was very young - her mother, baby sister, and teenage cousin were all killed in a car accident with her father driving (her older sister and her and her father were the only survivors). Molly talks so vulnerably and emotionally about what that horrible experience was like from her very young perspective, and how growing up without a mother affected her. Her father was also a very complicated guy - so fun and vivacious, but poor in boundaries and in and out of heavy drinking. 

The book takes us from her childhood, growing up in Ohio, to NYC, LA, through auditions and misses, finally to SNL and beyond. It’s an incredibly moving, vulnerable, and hilarious ride, and Molly narrates it all perfectly. Seriously, you have to listen to the audio just to hear her say “DEEEEE-licious!” on multiple occasions - she obviously had a ball with this! 

Can’t recommend this highly enough - it’s cliche, but, you’ll laugh, you’ll cry, and you’ll ultimately have a really good time.

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Emotional abuse and Sexual assault