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I just started watching Girls over the summer and am simultaneously intrigued, bewildered, disgusted and entertained by the show even with the overt nudity and in-your-face situations. In her essays, you get to know Lena and the close relationship she has with her alter ego, Hannah Horvath, despite her protestations. To know how accurate or inaccurate my estimation is, I’d really have to meet her.
Lena harbors so many fears that anyone with anxiety can relate. Should I be relieved or worried that I relate to her nerves? Someone who doesn’t have as much anxiety may not relate but I totally and sadly do. However, her anxiety is written with humor and causes her to do mildly nutty things which non-anxious readers will enjoy or throw their hands up in frustration.
Despite her flaws and idiosyncrasies, I found her charming. I’d like to pick her brain, but she pretty thoroughly broadcasts her thoughts in this book, anyway. I understand why people like my husband don’t like her, but I do and would befriend her. Yes, she’s from a different generation, home environment and lifestyle, probably has extremely different opinions from me but, somehow, I get her.
A few of her stories are boring; some outrageous to the point of wanting to shake her and ask what the hell she’s doing; and some weird and borderline disturbing, but she really seems to have learned from her mistakes from the mild to the wild. Those experiences are fueling her writing and her television efforts, giving her attention and acclaim. Her lists are laugh out loud and weirdly relatable. Her unique method of phrasing a simple statement or thought rings true but different enough to sound distinctive and fresh. Some made me pause and ponder what she meant.
Lena fashioned her book almost like a paean to Cosmo founder, Helen Gurley Brown, down to the cover and author photo on the back cover which I found clever and funny. Although she’ll fool you into thinking she’s a slacker, she is ambitious, motivated, creative and capable. For someone with so much anxiety, she’s brave enough to withstand criticism, be herself and succeed in many endeavors. That’s the trick with anxiety (at least for me) — stay busy and distract yourself with involved projects.
So I’m looking forward to a future volume of her essays which I’m sure will delve into new territory once again. I’m curious to find out if, when she does have children someday — which we eventually learn has always been her dream — how her views will change and what she will say about motherhood and the balancing act we all face.
Lena harbors so many fears that anyone with anxiety can relate. Should I be relieved or worried that I relate to her nerves? Someone who doesn’t have as much anxiety may not relate but I totally and sadly do. However, her anxiety is written with humor and causes her to do mildly nutty things which non-anxious readers will enjoy or throw their hands up in frustration.
Despite her flaws and idiosyncrasies, I found her charming. I’d like to pick her brain, but she pretty thoroughly broadcasts her thoughts in this book, anyway. I understand why people like my husband don’t like her, but I do and would befriend her. Yes, she’s from a different generation, home environment and lifestyle, probably has extremely different opinions from me but, somehow, I get her.
A few of her stories are boring; some outrageous to the point of wanting to shake her and ask what the hell she’s doing; and some weird and borderline disturbing, but she really seems to have learned from her mistakes from the mild to the wild. Those experiences are fueling her writing and her television efforts, giving her attention and acclaim. Her lists are laugh out loud and weirdly relatable. Her unique method of phrasing a simple statement or thought rings true but different enough to sound distinctive and fresh. Some made me pause and ponder what she meant.
Lena fashioned her book almost like a paean to Cosmo founder, Helen Gurley Brown, down to the cover and author photo on the back cover which I found clever and funny. Although she’ll fool you into thinking she’s a slacker, she is ambitious, motivated, creative and capable. For someone with so much anxiety, she’s brave enough to withstand criticism, be herself and succeed in many endeavors. That’s the trick with anxiety (at least for me) — stay busy and distract yourself with involved projects.
So I’m looking forward to a future volume of her essays which I’m sure will delve into new territory once again. I’m curious to find out if, when she does have children someday — which we eventually learn has always been her dream — how her views will change and what she will say about motherhood and the balancing act we all face.