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Broken (in the best possible way) by Jenny Lawson

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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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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.

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emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

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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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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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