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3.95 AVERAGE
3.95 AVERAGE
Jenny puts into words the things I cannot. The struggle with mental illness is one often kept quiet and I love the way she shares her personal experiences. It inspired me to start sharing my own. An amazing book and a woman I very much look up to.
While I found parts of Lawson's narration to be very funny, overall, the fact that I didn't really know who she was before picking this up worked against my enjoyment of this book. I think it was recommended on goodreads during the Mental Health Awareness month. Some of Lawson's descriptions had me laughing like a maniac on the street, but I also found it quite easy at times to zone out and have to go back because not all of her stories really appealed to me without the pre-personal investment that I often have when I pick up other people's memoirs. I needed something to listen to and this filled that need, but I'm not sure I'd recommend this to anyone who doesn't already know who Lawson is.
emotional
funny
reflective
fast-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death
Moderate: Animal death
There’s a pretty triggering chapter where she goes on about dead kittens and what one could do with kitten skins. It was really disturbing.
Also, mentions of taxidermy which came across more whimsical than cruel. As in, no one killed the animals and used them as trophies.
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
sad
Jenny Lawson calls herself crazy. That may be true, but it doesn't matter because she is also crazy funny. Like her last book, this one made me laugh out loud like a maniac in public more than once. And for the record, legless lizards ARE totally snakes, no matter what the herpetologists say.
funny
inspiring
medium-paced
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
Wanted to love it but gave up 80 pages in. Could not get into it.
This book is so honest, real, and relatable that I found myself committing the sin of dog-earring pages! Not just once, twice, but three times!! This personal perspective of mental illness is a must read.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
I love unhinged people with weird humor and random facts about everything.
This book felt more like a collection of blog posts, which totally makes sense knowing the author.
I also related a lot because my ongoing battle with mental illness somehow also led me to finding joy in life in spite.
(The last few chapters were dragging a bit, so I skipped some, but I loved everything nonetheless)
P.S.: I could proudly say that my doc complimented my oesophagus, so I totally get the "our insides are so much better".
P.P.S: dived into a rabbit hole of the reproductive system of kangaroos. Apparently, they have two uteruses so they can have another pregnancy at the end of the first one. Crazy.
This book felt more like a collection of blog posts, which totally makes sense knowing the author.
I also related a lot because my ongoing battle with mental illness somehow also led me to finding joy in life in spite.
(The last few chapters were dragging a bit, so I skipped some, but I loved everything nonetheless)
P.S.: I could proudly say that my doc complimented my oesophagus, so I totally get the "our insides are so much better".
P.P.S: dived into a rabbit hole of the reproductive system of kangaroos. Apparently, they have two uteruses so they can have another pregnancy at the end of the first one. Crazy.