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kellys_bookcase's review
funny
hopeful
reflective
fast-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault
emmagilpin's review
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
sad
slow-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Minor: Rape
poppyflaxman's review
5.0
Beautiful, emotionally vulnerable and funny. An absolutely brilliant play. I wish I could have seen this live.
paperindy's review
3.0
Sunrise was a fun and slightly manic short play about dating as a single mother, co-parenting and break-ups (well, mostly just the one). If you like Jessie’s doodles online you will enjoy this, the book is peppered with little illustrations and the play shares many of the vulnerable and slightly bizarre confessions that her doodles do.
There is something completely unapologetic about Jessie’s comedy and writing, she does not shy away from mixing all of it together, the good, the bad and the ugly. It is endearing and relatable and a joy to read.
*cw: rape*
I took a star off for an out of the blue drop of a rape Jessie experienced at age 15. She makes the point that it hasn’t had a huge impact on her life, and it is just “4 pages out of 70”. But I think it is dropped in too casually, and I would be curious to know how it was presented in the live show, where I think setting a tone of sensitivity might have been easier.
But overall this was great, and I’d like to read more of Jessie’s work in the future. It is quirky, unique, and honest.
There is something completely unapologetic about Jessie’s comedy and writing, she does not shy away from mixing all of it together, the good, the bad and the ugly. It is endearing and relatable and a joy to read.
*cw: rape*
I took a star off for an out of the blue drop of a rape Jessie experienced at age 15. She makes the point that it hasn’t had a huge impact on her life, and it is just “4 pages out of 70”. But I think it is dropped in too casually, and I would be curious to know how it was presented in the live show, where I think setting a tone of sensitivity might have been easier.
But overall this was great, and I’d like to read more of Jessie’s work in the future. It is quirky, unique, and honest.
pkfimblefom's review
5.0
I imagine this is the next best thing for those of use who can't make it to see Sunrise live. The physical copy is gorgeously rendered with Jessie's doodles and footnotes that make up for not seeing her perform this in person. Brutally honest, genuine, hilarious, and relatable story about working through a breakup.