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Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory: Stories by Raphael Bob-Waksberg

12 reviews

chris_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Animal death, Vomit, Medical content, Addiction, Cancer, and Infidelity

Minor: Violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicide

spooderman's review against another edition

dark emotional lighthearted reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Alcohol, Mental illness, Chronic illness, Vomit, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Infidelity, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Suicide, Drug use, Cursing, Drug abuse, Cancer, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content, Sexism, Incest, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, Addiction, Murder, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Body shaming, Pandemic/Epidemic, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Adult/minor relationship, Acephobia/Arophobia, Sexual harassment, Drug abuse, Violence, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, and Ableism

bi_n_large's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Mental illness

Moderate: Grief, Suicide, Death, and Infidelity

Minor: Sexual content

lifeofchrstnlvly's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

What happened to our society to make it so we view damaged things as somehow incomplete? On the contrary, I, for one, believe it is our damage that makes us whole.

Right off the bat: this book is not for everyone. Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory is about different kinds of love. How different? Well, there's a short story from the POV of a dog (yes, I cried).

It's eclectic. It's atrocious. It's chaotic. It's unique. It's funny. It's sad. But in the end, it made perfect sense.

If you love BoJack Horseman and all its craziness, consider reading the book written by its creator, Raphael Bob-Waksberg.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cancer, Death, Alcoholism, and Infidelity

lucinotlucy's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

rossandhissandwich's review

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Addiction, and Cancer

Moderate: Death, Grief, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

dietdeitz's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

An uproarious collection of short stories about love, the book is a thoroughly enjoyable (if sometimes depressing) time. Bob-Waksberg understands that being in love is a complicated affair be it platonic, romantic, dog to human, or human to President monster. A majority of the stories are wonderful, perfectly balancing humor and insight through some truly creative premises that keep everything refreshing and engaging. There are one or two larger stories that stumble and stray too far into the bizarre, but the best ones will be in my thoughts for quite a while. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism and Animal death

Minor: Cancer and Death

Both alcoholism and animal death are baked in the premise of stories —

superheroes who can only be powerful when drunk and debate about how many goats to sacrifice for a cult wedding.

They are done in a smart and provocative way to explore a deeper theme, but the content may not be for everyone.

jayisreading's review against another edition

emotional funny fast-paced

4.5

This was such a delightful collection of short stories, though I also recognize that Bob-Waksberg, the creator of BoJack Horseman, has a particular sense of humor that won’t work for everyone. In other words, if you’re a fan of the television show, this will definitely be up your alley. If not, you may want to skip this one.

Much like BoJack Horseman, the characters and situations in each story were so flawed due to people being... well, people. It was also interesting to see the slight shifts in writing style for some stories (nothing revolutionary), which added to the unique perspective that each story brought. As humorous as many of these stories were, there was always a bittersweet (often leaning more towards bitter) feeling that lingered.

I listened to the audiobook alongside reading the book, especially after seeing that the cast of narrators included quite a few voice actors/actresses who appeared in the show. They brought so much life to each story and I think made the book even more enjoyable for me. Like any short story collection, some stories were a little duller than others, but again, I think the audiobook really saved those less interesting ones, and highly recommend listening to it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Death, Addiction, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Cancer, Grief, and Suicide

zannayo's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Absurdist sentimentality in short stories that sometimes lends to deeply vulnerable social commentary, but just as often falls flat. A bit of a mixed bag, though none that were actually bad - though, only a few that were actually good. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Drug use, Death, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse

nataliapassos's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Cursing

Moderate: Addiction, Death, and Drug abuse

Minor: Grief