A review by jentang
Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory: Stories by Raphael Bob-Waksberg

4.25

i don't really have much critical commentary to provide on this book, seeing as i primarily bought it as a gift; however, i still wanted to review it to put my mind at ease. i found this to be a cute collection of stories. raphael's fantastical BoJack Horseman-creating mind didn't disappoint when it came to making each one creative and a fun read at the very least. nothing really blew me away, but i strongly appreciated how love was depicted in a myriad of ways (romantic, self, familial, platonic, you name it). none of the stories were too depressing or pessimistic - props to raphael for having range. i also must give him credit for extending an ability to craft actually relatable female characters to his literature. i didn't feel that any of the women fell flat or settled into a detrimental extreme of being either too sexual, snarky, emotional, or just generally millennial. (it's almost like women are multidimensional, interesting, real human beings that deserve to be written as such!!!) this book didn't profoundly impact me like BoJack did, but that's a deeply unfair standard to hold it to, so i'll just conclude by saying i did enjoy :)