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davianareads's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
This book had me laughing out loud during the comedic chapters and sympathizing with Jenny’s struggles with mental health.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness
Moderate: Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, and Dementia
Minor: Addiction, Body shaming, Blood, Medical trauma, Alcohol, and Classism
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.”
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
caseythereader's review
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
- I've been reading Jenny Lawson's writing for over a decade now. She's always been able to bounce between the absurd with the serious, and to find the absurdities within the serious things.
- She writes so clearly about what it's like to live with depression and anxiety, and how those conditions can so easily swallow your entire life - even when you're on the other side of it and are dealing with the financial and social fallout.
- Much less taxidermy in this book than previous books, just a heads up in case that's the reason you love her, lol.
- She writes so clearly about what it's like to live with depression and anxiety, and how those conditions can so easily swallow your entire life - even when you're on the other side of it and are dealing with the financial and social fallout.
- Much less taxidermy in this book than previous books, just a heads up in case that's the reason you love her, lol.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, and Death of parent