llkendrick's review against another edition
2.0
I was looking for a laugh about the craziness of parenting, but the jokes fell flat. Her humor was too caustic for me.
poenaestante's review against another edition
5.0
EMILY is incredible. Hilarious, profound, irreverent, and brave. I recommend this to moms, dads, moms to be, dads to be, aunts, uncles, grandpas, anyone with an open mind and a good sense of humor. The world of modern American parenting is weird and wacky and nerve-wracking and Emily captures all of that in this fantastic book. BRAVO!
fairislemeadow's review against another edition
2.0
Both cynical and sweet. Too crude for my taste, and I wasn't a fan of the art. Some of the essays/comics made me laugh, but the last essay was a huge bummer.
sherrios's review against another edition
3.0
This was fun. I found the comics to be entertaining. But I'd picked it up, hoping for more anecdotal stories, and it felt very slice of life? Except with a significant focus on being pregnant which... is not relevant to me.
mohawkm's review against another edition
4.0
Very funny snark about hipster parenting through age 2.
kandisebrown's review against another edition
4.0
Amusing and relatable voice, occasionally laugh-out-loud.
koby's review against another edition
4.0
For a while, I have enjoyed this author's illustrations and Instagram posts - she's got a great sense of humor. Unsurprisingly, I also enjoy her immensely funny and real book about modern, middle-class, vaguely hipster motherhood.
m0rganh's review against another edition
5.0
Even though I'm not this book's target audience (i.e. pregnant or raising young children) I am completely smitten with it. This book is basically everything I've ever wanted to hear about being a parent: no bullshit, no facade, no goddess-level condescension or cynical scare tactics; I'm so appreciative of Flake's no-holds-barred, self-aware, unflinching, realistic portrayal of modern motherhood. Laugh-out-loud funny and relatable from start to finish, but the last pages had me all choked up:
"We could sit here and get super-high and talk about the illusory nature of reality, drawing back the veil, and so on, but what I'm learning is this: that loving anything or anyone this much requires you to hold conflicting thoughts in your head and heart. I want to look at [my daughter's] dear, dear little face forever; [but] nothing lasts forever...I will die, her father will die, my little family that is the whole heart of me is the tiniest of tiny blips in the sweep of space and time. We are nothing. We are part of something so grand we cannot hope to apprehend it. We are all lost. We are all floating in space. We were never lost. We will go home."
"We could sit here and get super-high and talk about the illusory nature of reality, drawing back the veil, and so on, but what I'm learning is this: that loving anything or anyone this much requires you to hold conflicting thoughts in your head and heart. I want to look at [my daughter's] dear, dear little face forever; [but] nothing lasts forever...I will die, her father will die, my little family that is the whole heart of me is the tiniest of tiny blips in the sweep of space and time. We are nothing. We are part of something so grand we cannot hope to apprehend it. We are all lost. We are all floating in space. We were never lost. We will go home."