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A review by archaicrobin
Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere by Maria Bamford
funny
lighthearted
reflective
slow-paced
1.0
Unpopular opinion but I did not like this book. I understand Maria is a comedian and an eccentric but listening to this audiobook was obnoxious, immature, and neverending.
Bamford narrates the novel and does many different voices and characters that shows off her talent in voice acting cartoon characters, but doesn’t do much in the terms of literary narration. Her voice just grated on my nerves and I didn’t find her humor funny or even entertaining, it was just annoying. The audiobook also has this gimmick of playing a mixing bowl sound at the start of each chapter to math her recipe theme and it was jarring to the say the least.
The flow of this book was also non existent, I finished it and honestly can’t tell you what it’s about beyond her mental struggles and her mother. I wouldn’t recommend this book to literally anyone, and I honestly don’t know why it’s being marketed like it’s groundbreaking because it’s not.
If you’re a big fan of Maria Bamford I could see you loving this book, but as someone that’s only vaguely familiar with her I see no reason to pick it up and wish I’d just DNF’d like I originally planned.
Bamford narrates the novel and does many different voices and characters that shows off her talent in voice acting cartoon characters, but doesn’t do much in the terms of literary narration. Her voice just grated on my nerves and I didn’t find her humor funny or even entertaining, it was just annoying. The audiobook also has this gimmick of playing a mixing bowl sound at the start of each chapter to math her recipe theme and it was jarring to the say the least.
The flow of this book was also non existent, I finished it and honestly can’t tell you what it’s about beyond her mental struggles and her mother. I wouldn’t recommend this book to literally anyone, and I honestly don’t know why it’s being marketed like it’s groundbreaking because it’s not.
If you’re a big fan of Maria Bamford I could see you loving this book, but as someone that’s only vaguely familiar with her I see no reason to pick it up and wish I’d just DNF’d like I originally planned.