Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Furiously Happy: A Funny Book about Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson

54 reviews

asienerbrown's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, and Mental illness

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Animal death and Body shaming

nuthatch's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Self harm and Suicidal thoughts

jpsinger100's review

emotional informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

senation1s's review against another edition

funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

5.0

Very funny and lighthearted way to look at depression and self-expression. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Minor: Self harm and Suicidal thoughts

madmadmaddymad's review

dark funny reflective slow-paced

5.0

A wacky and absurd book about suffering from depression.

My favorite part was the story about digging for her keys in the garbage can at the zoo, and then not knowing what she threw away when her husband came and told her he had her keys. Also, the story about visiting Australia. Easily the most chaotic road trip I’ve ever been on (and I wasn’t even there) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Fatphobia, and Mental illness

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Animal death

jenniferbbookdragon's review against another edition

funny medium-paced

3.75

Lawson is funny and brutally honest about living with mental illness and autoimmune disease. Her stream of consciousness style is best appreciated by listening to the audio book, which she narrates herself. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Chronic illness, and Mental illness

Moderate: Medical content and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Alcohol

rafacolog's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

pipn_t's review against another edition

funny medium-paced

It took me a chapter or two to get into it, but I really enjoyed it once I got used to the style of the author.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Self harm

perytonne's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Self harm, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Chronic illness, Cursing, and Animal death

kiwichill's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.0

The audiobook adds to the experience of reading this book as Jenny narrates it herself.  As someone who also suffers anxiety and depression,  and chronic health issues,  I found her book very relatable.   I laughed till I cried several times 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Chronic illness, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Self harm

Minor: Classism, Excrement, Animal death, Blood, Cursing, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Drug use, Stalking, Colonisation, Alcohol, Cannibalism, and Addiction