A review by isathebookworm
Furiously Happy: A Funny Book about Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson

1.0

This just felt so fake. 90% of the book was clearly exaggerated stories that serve only to point at how silly the author is. I appreciate humor in a book but so many of the dialogues were false. Why? This could have been vulnerable, meaningful, and still humorous without trying so hard. You don't need to prove that you're quirky on every page, like a sitcom show. Alternatively, the content would be a nice base for stand-up, a blog, etc. As a book, it just didn't work in my opinion. It tried so hard to be funny and just wasn't. DNF at 2/3