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A review by adinasarena
Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory by Raphael Bob-Waksberg
5.0
"You deserve someone who will love you in all your damaged glory." (121)
This novel consists of a collection of short stories written by Raphael Bob-Waksberg-- the creator of BoJack Horseman. Familiar with Waksberg's humor from the show, I immediately was interested in this collection of work and Waksberg surely did not disappoint. Experimenting with different story structures and styles, the stories confront various anxieties plaguing many from internal to external adversities.
Rating a collection of work is a bit difficult as some stories definitely outshined the others in method and concision. However, the author not only discusses a variety of topics, the author offers companionship, providing a safe space for the reader to feel seen in however the story may relate to them. In addition to this, I enjoyed seeing the way the author incorporated structure to further enhance their storytelling and felt as though each story served a purpose. This being said, I give this novel 5 stars and would most definitely recommend this book to others!
Story Highlight: We Men of Science
"Of course, the universe is not black and white, and opposites turned out to be a little more fluid than we anticipated. The opposite of a dog can be a cat, or a different dog, or nothing at all, the absence of a dog. (Waksberg, 50)"
This short story challenges the idea of opposites in the way it is common to wonder who your parallel self may be. Waksberg asks the reader to release their beliefs and examine the idea of your opposite from a scientific approach free of any bias and open-minded.
The story follows a professor who isn't notably amazing, or the opposite. His life, however, begins to become distorted beyond recognition after obtaining access to an "Anti-Door", the door that leads to his true parallel self in a parallel world. Needless to say, the life he is exposed to is nothing like he could've ever imagined and the more he engaged with it, the more both versions of his life began to crumble.
I truly loved the way that I could not predict anything while reading this story. Initially, I believed the story would examine the idea that you can exist in countless ways and limiting yourself to the better/worse version of yourself will only trip you up in the long run. This was NOT where the story went. Surface-level it did, however, the story is more trippy as the main character engages with this opposite life as his true self.
"Perhaps a better me would have done the right thing… or a worse me wouldn't have worried about it…" (Waksberg, 60)
Other Notable Stories:
- More of You That You Already Are
- These Are Facts
- Missed Connection -m4w
This novel consists of a collection of short stories written by Raphael Bob-Waksberg-- the creator of BoJack Horseman. Familiar with Waksberg's humor from the show, I immediately was interested in this collection of work and Waksberg surely did not disappoint. Experimenting with different story structures and styles, the stories confront various anxieties plaguing many from internal to external adversities.
Rating a collection of work is a bit difficult as some stories definitely outshined the others in method and concision. However, the author not only discusses a variety of topics, the author offers companionship, providing a safe space for the reader to feel seen in however the story may relate to them. In addition to this, I enjoyed seeing the way the author incorporated structure to further enhance their storytelling and felt as though each story served a purpose. This being said, I give this novel 5 stars and would most definitely recommend this book to others!
Story Highlight: We Men of Science
"Of course, the universe is not black and white, and opposites turned out to be a little more fluid than we anticipated. The opposite of a dog can be a cat, or a different dog, or nothing at all, the absence of a dog. (Waksberg, 50)"
This short story challenges the idea of opposites in the way it is common to wonder who your parallel self may be. Waksberg asks the reader to release their beliefs and examine the idea of your opposite from a scientific approach free of any bias and open-minded.
The story follows a professor who isn't notably amazing, or the opposite. His life, however, begins to become distorted beyond recognition after obtaining access to an "Anti-Door", the door that leads to his true parallel self in a parallel world. Needless to say, the life he is exposed to is nothing like he could've ever imagined and the more he engaged with it, the more both versions of his life began to crumble.
I truly loved the way that I could not predict anything while reading this story. Initially, I believed the story would examine the idea that you can exist in countless ways and limiting yourself to the better/worse version of yourself will only trip you up in the long run. This was NOT where the story went. Surface-level it did, however, the story is more trippy as the main character engages with this opposite life as his true self.
"Perhaps a better me would have done the right thing… or a worse me wouldn't have worried about it…" (Waksberg, 60)
Other Notable Stories:
- More of You That You Already Are
- These Are Facts
- Missed Connection -m4w