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3.95 AVERAGE
3.95 AVERAGE
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It’s a book I expected to like, but for me, it was just too glossy. It feels weird to critique more because I didn’t finish it and it’s a memoir and she gets to share what she wants about her story. And it was published in 2015, so my 2015 self may have felt differently.
I like absurd books about terrible things. And I like that this encourages talking about mental illness. Different ways of talking about it resonate with different people, and this book wasn’t it for me, but it’s clear her work has helped so many other people and contributed to the conversation, and that’s an amazing thing!
I like absurd books about terrible things. And I like that this encourages talking about mental illness. Different ways of talking about it resonate with different people, and this book wasn’t it for me, but it’s clear her work has helped so many other people and contributed to the conversation, and that’s an amazing thing!
I bought this book years ago when I was going through a particularly rough bout of depression. I was expecting something insightful, and clever, and maybe in some ways relatable. A book centered around someone's mental illness in a humorous fashion sounded completely up my alley. But every time I pick this up and read it I cringe. It's so sporadic and "lol random!!" that it's almost insulting. A ton of the anecdotes sound so exaggerated and just plain stupid. Your husband yelled at you for falling off your bed and then he left you there? Haha?
tl;dr: Not insightful, not funny, at best it has some chuckle-worthy one liners, but Twitter already exists. I have never been so disappointed with a book.
tl;dr: Not insightful, not funny, at best it has some chuckle-worthy one liners, but Twitter already exists. I have never been so disappointed with a book.
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As a person who has also struggled with mental health disorders throughout my lifetime I found Jenny Lawson’s book uplifting, funny, honest, but most wonderfully, easily relatable. Well, maybe not the two taxidermy raccoons (one maybe, but not two) and the shredded felt vagina, but overall I heard some of my inner thoughts being read aloud on the audiobook version (highly recommend it, read by the author) and guffawed and wept several times. Hopefully this review will help me remember to listen to it again!
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It's not funny. It's 2012 Tumblr humor. Also, apparently if you're depressed, just spend a bunch of money on ridiculous things and that will cure you.
I wasn't sure what to expect but I about 60% enjoyed this book.
This woman is ridiculous in the best way. She has crazy things happen to her, because of her, in spite of her and she tells the stories wonderfully. I love books of small essays so this had a lot of that. Some things I can't relate to as much, like cats. I can't really relate to the depression and anxiety that she talks about but I'm glad that someone is talking about it. This book can't explain it all but it definitely changed my perspective.
This woman is ridiculous in the best way. She has crazy things happen to her, because of her, in spite of her and she tells the stories wonderfully. I love books of small essays so this had a lot of that. Some things I can't relate to as much, like cats. I can't really relate to the depression and anxiety that she talks about but I'm glad that someone is talking about it. This book can't explain it all but it definitely changed my perspective.