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thatpatti's review
4.0
I enjoyed this quite a bit, as I do most decently-written memoirs. I listened to the audiobook. Jenny has a very flat delivery which took a while to get used to, but her humor is dry and it’s amazing that given all she went through she still has a good relationship with her family.
rmwh's review
4.0
Engaging, funny, weird, and deeply disturbing. This was a five star book until about a dozen pages to the end when Pentland brushes off her mother’s racist tweet as “perceived” to be racist. Of course a daughter will defend her mother, and I don’t blame her in that respect, but I found her to be so inspirational and “above it all” until that moment. I was disappointed because she constantly proves the adage “just because someone has it worse than you doesn’t mean you’re not suffering” and then finally seems to succumb to the privilege she previously refused to touch. To bill a book this way and share every detail of your life in such a vulnerable manner and then be so blind to excuse racism on a single page… lacks self-awareness. This is a good book, but as it’s intensely personal, the reader should be allowed to rate the book on its merits AND on the personal feelings/anecdotes of the author.
amasmithy's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
inspiring
fast-paced
5.0
Well written! I felt like I was living in her world. It's interesting, funny, and real.
thecolorsofboredom's review
slow-paced
3.0
Her life was very interesting. And this book was very boring. She oddly talked a lot about the average parts of her lives and sort of skimmed over the parts that were interesting.
cicilystar's review against another edition
funny
informative
lighthearted
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.0
amaandaplz's review
dark
emotional
funny
medium-paced
I’ve never really watched rosanne outside of the reruns my mom sometimes watched as an occasional background noise of my childhood. So I’m not sure what possessed me to pick this up but I was quickly thankful I did. Jenny Pentland has a knack for storytelling, and presenting said stories with an impressively comedic flair considering most of which were otherwise incredibly sad.
Unfortunately the last few chapters were a little less exciting for me but honestly, good for her because I the most entertaining parts of the book must have been fxcking hell to live through, so I’m glad things calmed down for at least to some degree.
Unfortunately the last few chapters were a little less exciting for me but honestly, good for her because I the most entertaining parts of the book must have been fxcking hell to live through, so I’m glad things calmed down for at least to some degree.