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A review by cgj13
Furiously Happy: A Funny Book about Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson
5.0
This book had me busting out laughing on many occasions and read aloud passages to my family at other times. She takes the odd little things that can happen to anyone and weaves them into funny little vignettes. Also somehow, despite her anxieties and phobias, she seems to find herself in some pretty hilarious situations.
Its refreshing to see that even though there are millions of things that weigh her down, the author still knows how to bring laughter and fun into her life.
This book is not all humor though. Added to the hilarious vignettes, the author does bring to light how mental illness, depression, anxiety, etc all play out in real life. How some days you cannot get around your ownself to move forward. How it creates conflict with those around you. How it can prevent you from doing the most simplist of tasks.
My only concern is that the author is using her illness as a crutch or a defense to act in a manner that she might not have. Or to make a normal situation into a hilarious, off the wall one because "that's just how I am" Then again, her storytelling might just be artistic license to actual events to make them seem more outlandish.
Its refreshing to see that even though there are millions of things that weigh her down, the author still knows how to bring laughter and fun into her life.
This book is not all humor though. Added to the hilarious vignettes, the author does bring to light how mental illness, depression, anxiety, etc all play out in real life. How some days you cannot get around your ownself to move forward. How it creates conflict with those around you. How it can prevent you from doing the most simplist of tasks.
My only concern is that the author is using her illness as a crutch or a defense to act in a manner that she might not have. Or to make a normal situation into a hilarious, off the wall one because "that's just how I am" Then again, her storytelling might just be artistic license to actual events to make them seem more outlandish.