bookishcookish1 's review for:

Men Have Called Her Crazy by Anna Marie Tendler

3.0

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This is a hard one to review. I was initially looking forward to it because of my interest in Tendler’s art, and let’s face it - her divorce from John Mulaney. Anyone hoping for gossipy dish will be sorely disappointed. This is one woman’s mental health diary that draws obvious comparisons to Susanna Kaysen. It’s interesting and well written, I went through it very quickly. But, given the attention and column inches given to boyfriends before and after Mulaney, I have to wonder if his omission was her choice out of a mutual respect they’ve come to, or if she had some kind of NDA/mutual NDA keeping her mum.