A review by documentno_is
I'm Laughing Because I'm Crying by Youngmi Mayer

challenging dark funny inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

2.25

Picked this one up because I'm familiar with her Tik Tok persona, and it ended up being okay but ultimately unimpressive. The unfortunate aspect of her "bad bitch" persona that comes off as powerful and fun online is when condensed into a novel where she keeps returning to how intelligent she is without providing evidence of such it comes off as a tad opaque. I enjoyed hearing about her history and the more scene-ey parts from her sf/mission days and her talking about how poverty sticks with you her ultimate acknowledgment of her wealth was pretty.. unimpressive? There were a lot of contradictions in this piece that made it feel a little meaningless and it wasn't particularly funny so I can't say that I gained much. In her defense she does give a no new ideas preface in the beginning but that felt like sort of a cop out as well? Like, here is the weakness in my argument now you can't criticize it. Wasn't terrible, but ultimately skippable.