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A review by iaproton
The Twat Files by Dawn French
emotional
funny
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
3.0
Quite funny but the audiobook includes unnecessary weird clips of music at beginning of each chapter also for the medical chapter an alarm . .Not all stories are hilarious ,but interesting to find out about her life none the less.
Some of the self -deprecation and self-scolding got repetitive and annoying at times,if you have any knowledge of childhood trauma and experience and core beliefs that are formed that continue influencing adulthood in an unhealthy manner,some of the chapters can be more sad than funny as she says it's all down to her being a twat,when it isn't.
There is a chapter on her knee operation and osteoarthritis spread throughout.
There isn't much dialogue,some interesting one sided conversation with what she thinks is a ghost.
I preferred James Acaster's guide to quitting social media,it was more absurd and funny,but fictional.
The last chapter she makes a plea to share your embarrassments and own them to get rid of shame,might work for most but not all,especially those with trauma where this advice would not help, even with someone who has compassion and shares their own mess ups. Such as cPTSD shame where this would make things worse, not help and having a validating person could be hit and miss,where one actually needs to process the shame in some way (EMDR/"tapping"/ somatic experiencing....) rather than talk about it and feel relieved.
Some of the self -deprecation and self-scolding got repetitive and annoying at times,if you have any knowledge of childhood trauma and experience and core beliefs that are formed that continue influencing adulthood in an unhealthy manner,some of the chapters can be more sad than funny as she says it's all down to her being a twat,when it isn't.
There is a chapter on her knee operation and osteoarthritis spread throughout.
There isn't much dialogue,some interesting one sided conversation with what she thinks is a ghost.
I preferred James Acaster's guide to quitting social media,it was more absurd and funny,but fictional.
The last chapter she makes a plea to share your embarrassments and own them to get rid of shame,might work for most but not all,especially those with trauma where this advice would not help, even with someone who has compassion and shares their own mess ups. Such as cPTSD shame where this would make things worse, not help and having a validating person could be hit and miss,where one actually needs to process the shame in some way (EMDR/"tapping"/ somatic experiencing....) rather than talk about it and feel relieved.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Drug abuse
horse riding injury,Carbon monoxide poisoning but survived anecdote .