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A review by goremaiden
Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory by Raphael Bob-Waksberg
2.0
i really struggled back-and-forth between whether i would give this 2 or 3 stars. it would be a 2.5 rating, if i could.
to preface: i have a relative indifference towards bojack horseman and abandoned the show a couple seasons in. it wasn't that i disliked it, i just didn't really care. i went into this book without any sort of real adoration for the author, more interest from recommendations from friends.
there were some really strong short stories in here, and those were enough to keep me going through it and to finish it in the end. what i liked was just greatly outweighed by what i either: didn't like, or felt indifference towards. it felt a bit like short-story speed-dating, but not quite as charming as that sounds. i found myself skimming through some of the stories. other stories such as rufus and the average of all possible things were lovely, and i was glad to have read them. it reminded me a bit of tabloid dreams by robert olen butler, which i struggled with for similar reasons.
i really wanted to love this, but after months of picking it up and putting it back down, trying to come at it from different dispositions, it just never stuck for me. i have heard from multiple people in my life that listening to the audiobook version is a much more delightful experience, and perhaps i will try that in the future, and it might influence my current opinion.
to preface: i have a relative indifference towards bojack horseman and abandoned the show a couple seasons in. it wasn't that i disliked it, i just didn't really care. i went into this book without any sort of real adoration for the author, more interest from recommendations from friends.
there were some really strong short stories in here, and those were enough to keep me going through it and to finish it in the end. what i liked was just greatly outweighed by what i either: didn't like, or felt indifference towards. it felt a bit like short-story speed-dating, but not quite as charming as that sounds. i found myself skimming through some of the stories. other stories such as rufus and the average of all possible things were lovely, and i was glad to have read them. it reminded me a bit of tabloid dreams by robert olen butler, which i struggled with for similar reasons.
i really wanted to love this, but after months of picking it up and putting it back down, trying to come at it from different dispositions, it just never stuck for me. i have heard from multiple people in my life that listening to the audiobook version is a much more delightful experience, and perhaps i will try that in the future, and it might influence my current opinion.