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3.94 AVERAGE
3.94 AVERAGE
jenny slate is weird as hell and i’m obsessed with her.
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
Graceful, tender, original reflections on life and love. Skews white feminist at times (I loathed the Hammurabi’s Code essay), but I’m likely to revisit this in the future. I wish you could give half ratings on Goodreads because this definitely wasn’t a four but I felt bad and dishonest about giving it a three.
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
emotional
hopeful
reflective
fast-paced
This is a hard book to rate and review because the quality of each chapter varies so much. So I will leave my review in two chunks.
The first ¾ of the book:
How did Little Weirds dodge the “Instagram poetry” label when that is exactly what it is? How did Little Weirds get so much love when it came out when it’s on par with Milk and Honey, The Princess Saves Herself in This One, and Adultolescence?
This book screams, “I’m not like other girls!” / “I’m a manic pixie dream girl!” / “I’m a cool girl!” / “If I’m not making sense to you, it’s because I’m soooo quirky and different!”
It’s very, “Yes, girl! Give us nothing!”
It’s written like word salad, but every once in a while she’ll have a few really poignant, thoughtful sentences that stick with you. I want to finish just so I can say that it didn’t beat me.
The last ¼ of the book:
It’s like she finally remembered how to write an essay and tell a story. I’m shocked at how good final chapters are after reading the crap that came before it! If I were to recommend this book, I would tell people to start reading at page 200.
The first ¾ of the book:
How did Little Weirds dodge the “Instagram poetry” label when that is exactly what it is? How did Little Weirds get so much love when it came out when it’s on par with Milk and Honey, The Princess Saves Herself in This One, and Adultolescence?
This book screams, “I’m not like other girls!” / “I’m a manic pixie dream girl!” / “I’m a cool girl!” / “If I’m not making sense to you, it’s because I’m soooo quirky and different!”
It’s very, “Yes, girl! Give us nothing!”
It’s written like word salad, but every once in a while she’ll have a few really poignant, thoughtful sentences that stick with you. I want to finish just so I can say that it didn’t beat me.
The last ¼ of the book:
It’s like she finally remembered how to write an essay and tell a story. I’m shocked at how good final chapters are after reading the crap that came before it! If I were to recommend this book, I would tell people to start reading at page 200.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Dementia, Grief
Loved it, felt like looking into my own weird brain too! Really appreciate her love of nature and her quirky admiration for the sweet little moments in life.
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
emotional
funny
reflective
medium-paced
the main reason this took me so long is bc half the time i had no idea what i was reading. it rlly was weird because sometimes it’d be nonsensical and other times it would click for me in such a way that i had to pause for a bit (who, me?)
i will say that i loved how you could just tell this was a very personal work. i didn’t resonate with it much but i can appreciate the honesty and soul-baring nature of a book like this. the final chapter was so sweet too. lovely
i will say that i loved how you could just tell this was a very personal work. i didn’t resonate with it much but i can appreciate the honesty and soul-baring nature of a book like this. the final chapter was so sweet too. lovely