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3.92 AVERAGE
3.92 AVERAGE
Last book of the year! I LOVED this one. I honestly didn’t know who Jessi Klein was before reading this. Apparently she’s a talented actress/writer/producer! AND she wrote this awesome book that was relatable and funny and real. My favorite kind of book!
There were parts I LOVED and laughed about because they summed up motherhood perfectly. By the end this book had a hard time keeping my attention.
I love Big Mouth, and read this with Jessie's voice in my head and loved it. It can be a little much, but it hits the nail on the head. I cried, I laughed out loud, I read sections aloud to my husband. I am also so happy to be on a Joseph Campbell Hero journey! What a great analogy.
4.5 - some essays were SO SO GOOD. Buster the Butterfly?? I was hooked. However, I just wish the author had a *little* more confidence in herself. We’re all just winging it and doing the best we can. I laughed, I cried but for me I had to keep it to reading a few essays at a time, couldn’t binge this one.
3.5 ⭐
You have to appreciate just how honest Jessi Klein is in this book of essays. She touches on a lot of topics that you don't hear many speak openly about, and she does it with good humour. I was genuinely laughing out loud at parts of this books.
You have to appreciate just how honest Jessi Klein is in this book of essays. She touches on a lot of topics that you don't hear many speak openly about, and she does it with good humour. I was genuinely laughing out loud at parts of this books.
I rarely read books about motherhood since I feel I get enough of that content in my own life. But this one was so relatable and really touching. The phenomenon where you read a kid’s book while having a whole other inner monologue at the same time is something I have always found so odd and reading about someone else describing that experience was quite affecting.
Delightful. Love her voice and her perspective. While I’m likely 20+ years older than she is we had a son at same age so there’s that to relate to.
So many of these essays were relatable-car seat struggles, picky eaters, clothes not fitting and body changes, the unknowns of caring for an infant when you've never had that experience. And parts were funny!
Summary: The best-selling author and Emmy Award-winning writer and producer hilariously destroys the cultural myths and impossible expectations of modern-day motherhood and explores the humiliations, poignancies, and possibilities of midlife.
Summary: The best-selling author and Emmy Award-winning writer and producer hilariously destroys the cultural myths and impossible expectations of modern-day motherhood and explores the humiliations, poignancies, and possibilities of midlife.