Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

What's That Lady Doing? by Lou Sanders

6 reviews

jasecordova's review

reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Grief, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Addiction, Death of parent, Rape, Alcohol, Drug use, Child abuse, Dementia, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

ez_heath's review

funny hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Addiction, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Rape, and Alcohol

Moderate: Death, Animal death, Medical content, Death of parent, Eating disorder, and Vomit

brandie_abbie19's review

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Alcohol, Addiction, Vomit, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Infidelity and Animal death

notentirelyme's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Death of parent

_inge's review

dark funny inspiring reflective

3.0

I didn’t quite know Lou Sanders before reading this. Her style is very addictive though, and I was genuinely looking forward to getting back into listening to the audiobook. She discusses a lot of heavy topics like alcoholism and sexual assault, but it never feels like a difficult read somehow. That’s very well done. 

I wasn’t really sure what the focus of the book was, though. It has a central message about overcoming shame, but it’s not really explained how you’d do this (beyond explaining that we should all talk about shame more). Sanders went from struggling with alcoholism to becoming a famous comedian, which is a journey I’d love to have read about more. Instead, it seems to just… happen, out of the blue. Maybe that’s how it felt to her, but as a reader I felt I should be taking lessons from that particular part yet nothing was presented to me. What we did get is chapters on spirituality and feminism, and a lot of descriptions about her sex life. It was presented well enough so I wasn’t bored, but I wasn’t always sure what some of these segments added. 

I would highly recommend the audiobook if you’re picking this up, as it adds so much to the text - things like footnotes and chuckles, but also a recording of a chat she had with a friend at the end of the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

draig_dyke's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

Lou Sanders writes exactly as she talks. Knowing her tone really added to the reading experience.

If you don’t like her stand-up or what you’ve seen of her on television, you won’t like this book. But if do like her, you will enjoy it. At least, I did.

Unlike other celeb’s who land themselves a book deal, Lou actually has stories to tell. She shares tales of her life and reflects. Spoiler alert: there’s lots of trauma and bad decisions. But still she somehow keeps it light and shares how she came to the state of making amends with her past. It’s remarkable how hilarious a book with such heavy matter can be. I read it for entertainment, not enlightenment and it delivered.

This memoir is not a literary masterpiece but I found that to be quite refreshing. It’s not pretentious. It’s very Loulie. She stuck to her voice and true to herself. I think that’s brave. She is bold. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Addiction

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Death of parent, Grief, and Animal death