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ez_heath's review
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
2.75
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
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
_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.
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.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Sexual assault, and Sexual content
abisjb's review
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
medium-paced
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual violence, and Alcoholism
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