A review by bookishheather
The Party after You Left by Roz Chast

3.0

Roz Chast has been my favorite New Yorker cartoonist for years, but I read [b:Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?|18594409|Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?|Roz Chast|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1421087235s/18594409.jpg|26340807] first which might have spoiled me for the rest of her books. [Except for the one co-authored by Steve Martin because, well, STEVE MARTIN!] This particular book is a collection of her (mostly) one-off cartoons ca. 2004. While I enjoyed the book and tried to slow down and break up the cartoonage over several nights, I didn't enjoy them quite as much as a larger unit as I expected I would. There were a few that, having read the more autobiographical piece, I suspect were drawn directly from her life, but otherwise seeing them as a collection made me appreciate each one a little less than I might have otherwise. Strange, huh? At any rate, the biggest laugh from me came on the very last page, with a simple cartoon titled "A Note On the Type" that featured three average people giving their most perplexed shrugs. :D I'll always love you, Roz Chast!