A review by k80anne
Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson

2.0

I really wanted to like this book. I deal with depression and anxiety and other things I've avoided getting diagnosed. There were some very poignant and vulnerable moments I liked, and her description of her symptoms were sometimes heartbreaking, but a lot of the book is her attributing mental illness to her just being obnoxious. She has conversations with her husband and other people that come straight from her mind and then acts frustrated when they don't understand what she's saying. I hope to God she's lying about this for comedic value.

The entire audiobook is read by the author who ends most sentence as if she's asking a question. This valley-girl intonation is grating and makes her sound ditzy. This audiobook was a struggle for me.