jenmat1197's review
2.0
This is the story of the author and her year during the pandemic which happened right after her cousin died of brain cancer. She wrote this book as a journal of her time during the pandemic and the story of her cousin's battle and how she dealt with her grief.
This book was just okay. I love Cecily Strong - think she is one of the funniest members of the SNL cast. So I decided to give this book a try - knowing full well it would be anything but funny. But it wasn't good. It isn't particuarly well written, it is all over the place, and full of pages of text messages. I wasn't really moved and I should have been - someone died tragically young. It was just so jumbled that I just wanted it to end.
Just skip it
This book was just okay. I love Cecily Strong - think she is one of the funniest members of the SNL cast. So I decided to give this book a try - knowing full well it would be anything but funny. But it wasn't good. It isn't particuarly well written, it is all over the place, and full of pages of text messages. I wasn't really moved and I should have been - someone died tragically young. It was just so jumbled that I just wanted it to end.
Just skip it
clairedeperry's review
Such a sweet book about love and loss. I appreciate how Cecily views herself as someone who is lucky, even after going through so much grief. Tears were shed with this one.
anothersophiejones's review
4.0
3.5/5 stars. I love Cecily's rambly and diary like style of writing. I found it easy to follow, funny, sad, clever and interesting. Grief is like that- it doesn't always make sense and comes in spurts.
thomwallacern's review
5.0
Geezus, this book is good. So honest and poignant and true. She absolutely bears her soul
bxlbooks91's review
1.0
I like Cecily on SNL but she is not an author. These ramblings were messy, poorly written and honestly felt like a teenager’s diary.
This would’ve never been published if she wasn’t famous
1*
This would’ve never been published if she wasn’t famous
1*
tmereads's review against another edition
3.0
This was definitely not what I expected (I admittedly didn't read a synopsis). Overall, I liked the audiobook, but if you're not wanting to listen to someone read what sounds like a diary, this won't be your cup of tea. She shares texts messages from her cousin Owen, what it was like starting a relationship at the beginning of the COVID pandemic, and what kept her moving forward through 2020.
theonionboy's review
3.0
This is more of published pages from a journal than an account of her experience through the pandemic. She is amazingly open and candid with her innermost thoughts and fears. No complaints, but the book as a whole was less impactful to me than I expected.