Reviews tagging 'Grief'

I Want to Be Where the Normal People Are by Rachel Bloom

4 reviews

kshertz's review

emotional funny informative inspiring fast-paced

4.0

It’s important to note that I am in obsessive love with Rachel Bloom and Crazy Ex Girlfriend is my favorite show of all time. So yeah, this review is biased. Rachel is funny, down to earth and now a great author. I highly recommend the audio. The musical numbers are actually musical numbers and her jokes just land better. Her explaining the pictures is even hilarious. I do think it’s a short book and so much has happened since she wrote the book. It maybe could’ve been written later in life but I’m not complaining. I’ll take all the Rachel Bloom I can get. If you need to laugh and feel seen, read this book (then listen to the audio). 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Pregnancy, Death, Bullying, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Antisemitism, Grief, and Misogyny

annoyedhumanoid's review against another edition

funny reflective fast-paced

4.75

i’m in love with Rachel Bloom
this was funny, thoughtful, touching. i just wish more time was dedicated to Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Blood, Cursing, Bullying, Excrement, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Antisemitism, Cancer, Grief, Medical content, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Death, Infidelity, Racism, Sexual harassment, and Terminal illness

Minor: Classism, Gun violence, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Religious bigotry, Violence, Abortion, Alcohol, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Transphobia

re: transphobia: a preface to a Harry Potter fanfic acknowledging and condemning JK Rowling's problematic views towards trans people

alsoapples's review

adventurous emotional funny inspiring fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Antisemitism, Body shaming, Cursing, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Grief, Gaslighting, and Miscarriage

Minor: Death

charlottereadsthings's review

emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

From the co-creator of Crazy Ex Girlfriend, I Want To Be Where The Normal People Are sees Rachel Bloom share an insight into her past. It covers many hard topics such as her history with anxiety, grief and OCD, the world taking a dramatic turn into a pandemic along with other chaotic madness fans can expect. 

I listened to the audiobook, as I feel that's the best way to consume non fiction and it didn't disappoint. There were lots of extra nuggets from entire musical numbers to Bloom's witty remarks about things you were missing out on by not having the physical book. I laughed out loud at so many points and found myself rewinding sections to hear them again. 

The somewhat overarching theme is Rachel's quest to be perceived as normal and I admire that given global events during its creation, that tone could have shifted to wanting a "pre pandemic normal" or the "normal beyond a pandemic" but instead she chose to stay on course and the messages still land. 

The only thing I found a little disappointing was that it didn't touch too much on the time making Crazy Ex Girlfriend as I woule have liked. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming and Excrement

Minor: Grief and Mental illness