Reviews with content warning for Mental illness - Broken (in the Best Possible Way)

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Broken (in the Best Possible Way) by Jenny Lawson

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novella42's review against another edition

I adored her essay / letter to the health insurance system. This is such a good book, and I think it's sadly beyond my capacity to handle. There's just a lot of things in it that hit my personal traumas. I tried skipping chapters, tried powering through, and finally accepted that it would be kinder to my mental health to not read this particular book on mental health. I lau hed aloud at many points, though, and I can think of half a dozen people who would love this and not have the same issues with it that I did.

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normalview's review against another edition

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funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

4.0

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dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

Slightly hard to follow as the author jumps from subject to subject and tangent to tangent in a frantic manner that only someone with ADHD and mental health issues can. Still enjoyable and highly relatable. Highly recommend to others.

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challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

This book was harder to read than her first two books.

Some chapters were quick while others rambled on.

There were less funny stories overall though I did laugh out loud a handful of times.

I’m looking forward to her next work - she never disappoints.

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funny medium-paced

3.75

This book is the author telling a bunch of her life stories. She rambles a lot in a comedic sort of way. Some chapters were narrowly focused on the struggles faced as a result of physical and mental illnesses. Others seemed loosey goosey and random. I listened when I needed a laugh. This was the type of book that I could only listen to a chapter at a time due to the “rambling”. It was funny though. Some parts were sad and darker though. There were nice uplifting tidbits mixed in with the rambles.

I think chapter 9: letter to my insurance company was my favorite. It is relatable to the struggles we face.

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