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A review by keberwick
My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands by Chelsea Handler
2.0
I am honestly so proud of myself for pushing through this book. Not that it was abysmal or anything, but it's one of those books that you read when you have literally nothing else important going on in your life and you're so bored that you're willing to do anything (except socialize with real life people) to alleviate said boredom. And since I started reading this book during spring break (about a month ago) and I am now in the final stretch of my IB exams, I kind of have some important stuff going on in my life at the moment. Thus my statement about being proud of myself for finishing the book.
It was funny, and sure I laughed out loud a few times, but its humor just didn't speak to me on a level that would make me want to read more of her books.
Chelsea Handler does have a way of making her stories come to life as well as conveying her thoughts in a way that is very clear without explicitly stating them. I thought she did a good job writing the book, but like I said, I started reading this book when I had nothing to do and now I'm strugglin' with exams (mostly because I'm up all night reading instead of studying) so I wasn't really in the "right" mindset for the last fifth of the book.
It is a good beach read. Or a good "I'm in the doctor's office and there's nothing else to read but this and some ratty old World of Warcraft book" read.
It was funny, and sure I laughed out loud a few times, but its humor just didn't speak to me on a level that would make me want to read more of her books.
Chelsea Handler does have a way of making her stories come to life as well as conveying her thoughts in a way that is very clear without explicitly stating them. I thought she did a good job writing the book, but like I said, I started reading this book when I had nothing to do and now I'm strugglin' with exams (mostly because I'm up all night reading instead of studying) so I wasn't really in the "right" mindset for the last fifth of the book.
It is a good beach read. Or a good "I'm in the doctor's office and there's nothing else to read but this and some ratty old World of Warcraft book" read.