Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Broken by Jenny Lawson

16 reviews

normalview's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Minor: Animal death, Death, and Pandemic/Epidemic

swimmer120x's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Medical content

Moderate: Animal death and Sexual content

Minor: Alcohol

the bonus audio content discusses about life during the pandemic, so do not listen to the bonus track if it’s triggering to you

hmetwade's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Alcohol

kristyderp's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

I won't rate this since it is a memoir. 
It's my first experience with this author, and I listened to the audiobook on Libby.
This book is oriented with serious and emotional chapters interlaced with silly comedic chapters. I really liked and related to the honest, vulnerable parts about mental illness, especially depression and anxiety, and learning to live with your demons. The humor was hit or miss for me; some of the situations were pretty funny, but sometimes the jokes were a little long winded. The final chapter of the book was a really nice metaphor and I listened to it twice so I can hold on to it and remember it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Excrement, and Alcohol

qrschulte's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

This book is just as enjoyable and funny as her first two, but boy was it also soooo sad at parts. Highly recommend the audiobook, read by Lawson herself. And to anyone who says our healthcare system is fine and doesn’t need reform, I request you read Chapter 9: An Open Letter to My Insurance Company, and then tell me the US HAS a really great system. A favorite quote from the book: “If simple words fixed terrible things, then terrible things wouldn’t exist.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, and Alcohol

Minor: Gore and Fire/Fire injury

jencolumb0's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

The best choice to read while recovering from COVID. I laughed, I cried, I finally learned the true meaning of the chicken-crossing-the-road joke, and felt better about humankind. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Fatphobia, and Suicidal thoughts

achiunicorn's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness and Mental illness

Minor: Animal death

apersonfromflorida's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Medical content

Minor: Animal death

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, and Medical content

Moderate: Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, and Dementia

Minor: Alcohol

my_forest_library's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness and Medical content

Minor: Animal death and Chronic illness