Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Furiously Happy: A Funny Book about Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson

57 reviews

jackiepreston's review against another edition

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I was recommended this book forever ago as being very funny but also touching. Unfortunately I didn't find it to be either of these things. Maybe if I was familiar with Jenny Lawson I would have gotten more out of it, but as it was every story felt like a "so random" girl from 10 years ago telling me stories she thinks are funny and I think are sad.
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booksoversecondbreakfast's review

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dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

5.0

An amazing, beautiful, weird book. So encouraging and funny. Filled with so much wisdom and relatable reflections of mental illness all interspersed chaotically between hilarious and weird anecdotes, and yet it's done so gracefully and meaningfully. I love this book so much and bought a copy for myself.
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dominic_t's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.5

I read this with my wife. She rated it 4 stars, and I rated it 3 stars, so I took the average of our ratings for this review.

"Sometimes I wonder if the best thing to do is just to be quiet and stop waving the banner of 'fucked up and proud of it,' but I don't think I'll put down this banner until someone takes it away from me. Because quitting might be easier, but it wouldn't be better." (p. 321).

I really appreciate how honest and vulnerable Jenny Lawson was in this book. I think it's really important to talk openly about mental illness, and she did a beautiful job of capturing what it's like to live with it. The book is also funny. Some of the chapters dragged on and felt a bit long.
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herperfume's review

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dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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asienerbrown's review against another edition

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challenging emotional funny informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

3.5

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nuthatch's review against another edition

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funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

5.0

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jpsinger100's review

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emotional informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.0

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senation1s's review against another edition

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funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

5.0

Very funny and lighthearted way to look at depression and self-expression. 
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madmadmaddymad's review

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dark funny reflective slow-paced

5.0

A wacky and absurd book about suffering from depression.

My favorite part was the story about digging for her keys in the garbage can at the zoo, and then not knowing what she threw away when her husband came and told her he had her keys. Also, the story about visiting Australia. Easily the most chaotic road trip I’ve ever been on (and I wasn’t even there) 
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jenniferbbookdragon's review against another edition

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funny medium-paced

3.75

Lawson is funny and brutally honest about living with mental illness and autoimmune disease. Her stream of consciousness style is best appreciated by listening to the audio book, which she narrates herself. 
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