jcschildbach's review
4.0
A good read and highly entertaining. There were a few parts where the writing felt a bit unpolished, or the humor fell a bit flat for me. Overall, though, it's great to have books by people struggling with mental health issues where the author is able to be totally candid, and frequently hilarious. It can be a bit jarring to read a chapter about Lawson pushing herself to overcome anxiety in a particular situation where events take numerous funny turns, and then move onto a chapter with frightening descriptions of self harm. However, it's this combination of humor and darkness--which is much more than just dark humor--that essentially adds to the importance of the book. Lawson is able to see the humor in her struggles, but also able to share that the humor is often absent or beyond her grasp. Knowing that there are many other "creative types" who have struggled with, and often succumbed to, various forms of mental health issues, it feels like Lawson is giving readers access to that part of herself that so many before have tried, with varying degrees of success, to hide or to battle on their own.
clink0215's review
5.0
Ate this book up in 3 days (3 work days!) and as soon as I got to the last page of the library copy, I got online to buy this and her other books for myself. Relatable, hysterical, and still manages to be inspiring.
disastrouspenguin's review
4.0
If you have any intimate experience at all with disability or chronic conditions, this book is for you. If you don't, you might still like it, I don't know. Maybe try it and get back to me?
Mostly funny, somewhat manic, periodically insightful, this made for a really good audiobook with many laugh-out-loud moments.
Mostly funny, somewhat manic, periodically insightful, this made for a really good audiobook with many laugh-out-loud moments.
flowerranger's review against another edition
5.0
I don’t drink alcohol, but if I did I’d make all my friends listen to this audiobook with me for 8 hours and 20 minutes without taking a break and we’d drink every time the word ‘vagina’ is said. Fortunately I do not drink alcohol.
This book was a delight. It filled me with joy and do not tell my friends and family, but I can relate to Jenny Lawson on so many levels. My favourite book by her will forever be ‘Let’s Pretend This Never Happened’ but this one is the book equivalent to those sour-coated gummy worms that we used to eat in elementary school, too, just not the pink & blue one (which was the best) but the orange and green one (which was the second best, do not argue with me!)
Should you read this book? Yes!
Will you burst into laughter while you’re on the subway and everyone else is quietly trying to get to work without any weird incidents? Yes!
This book was a delight. It filled me with joy and do not tell my friends and family, but I can relate to Jenny Lawson on so many levels. My favourite book by her will forever be ‘Let’s Pretend This Never Happened’ but this one is the book equivalent to those sour-coated gummy worms that we used to eat in elementary school, too, just not the pink & blue one (which was the best) but the orange and green one (which was the second best, do not argue with me!)
Should you read this book? Yes!
Will you burst into laughter while you’re on the subway and everyone else is quietly trying to get to work without any weird incidents? Yes!
thatonelibrarygirl's review against another edition
funny
reflective
fast-paced
3.0
I have no idea what I just listened to... the stream of consciousness style of writing was good background flow for me, but I also don't know that I remember what was discussed. I'm VERY glad I listened to the audio, read by the author, because there's a 0% chance I would have been able to follow the written text. There are some really funny nuggets here and there which made me laugh in the car- exactly what I was looking for. I'm imagining that Jenny Lawson would be very entertaining to meet in real life...
Content Warnings
Moderate: Cursing
iamninjabuni's review
Tried to do the audiobook version of this and after about two hours I wanted to throw myself off the roof. No thank you.
kakovac's review
3.0
Didn't love as much as Broken, but still humorous and touching. It just really went on for way too long at times, and often contradicted itself completely.