A review by lola425
Starting from Happy by Patricia Marx

3.0

I like the concept of chaplettes, telling a story in a non-traditional way. I like snappy writing, tinged with wink-wink nudge-nudge sarcasm. I don't like the whole meta thing--Marx inserting how hard it is to fill pages and then adding charts and asides. In the reviews I've read this is considered Marx's way of illuminating the process, allegedly it is very funny. I didn't really find it to be so. Believe me, I am a fan of the footnote and the aside, but at least for me Marx's asides didn't illuminate anything for me. Otherwise, I enjoyed it very much.