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A review by clair_shaw
Furiously Happy: A Funny Book about Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson
3.0
If you’d like to live inside the head of mentally ill woman, (albeit a funny woman) for like 8 hours of your life, then this is the book for you.
If that doesn't sound like fun to you, may advice is: run.
I’ve wanted to read ”let's pretend this never happened” for a long time and I didn't realize prior to starting this book that they’re written by the same author.
After reading Jenny’s second book I don't know if i’ll give the first a shot. Mainly because this book has almost no discernable objective. I don't need ”tiddy” (this is a book about mental illness after all, I get it) and I don't even need cohesive necessarily, I just want to know what in the world i’m supposed to learn from listening to the ramblings of someone who... Aside from her mental illness, clearly likes that sound of her voice a bit too much....
(is this book considered ”Humor?” I have no idea.)
I enjoyed a few of her stories. But their only objective seemed to be to provide proof for how crazy she is. The entire book is her shouting ”see how crazy I am?! I am SO crazy!”
I think if there Is a message to be extracted from whatever it was that I just read, it’s that people with extreme mental illness CAN be happy. Furiously happy....
Unfortunately one can gather as much from the title... So i’m not entirely sure what the point of the rest of the book was. Then again i’m not mentally ill so maybe I just can't relate.
I have, however, turned into a bit of a softy when comes to reviewing books lately so i’m giving this one three stars even though, for me, it was probably more like a two-star read.
If that doesn't sound like fun to you, may advice is: run.
I’ve wanted to read ”let's pretend this never happened” for a long time and I didn't realize prior to starting this book that they’re written by the same author.
After reading Jenny’s second book I don't know if i’ll give the first a shot. Mainly because this book has almost no discernable objective. I don't need ”tiddy” (this is a book about mental illness after all, I get it) and I don't even need cohesive necessarily, I just want to know what in the world i’m supposed to learn from listening to the ramblings of someone who... Aside from her mental illness, clearly likes that sound of her voice a bit too much....
(is this book considered ”Humor?” I have no idea.)
I enjoyed a few of her stories. But their only objective seemed to be to provide proof for how crazy she is. The entire book is her shouting ”see how crazy I am?! I am SO crazy!”
I think if there Is a message to be extracted from whatever it was that I just read, it’s that people with extreme mental illness CAN be happy. Furiously happy....
Unfortunately one can gather as much from the title... So i’m not entirely sure what the point of the rest of the book was. Then again i’m not mentally ill so maybe I just can't relate.
I have, however, turned into a bit of a softy when comes to reviewing books lately so i’m giving this one three stars even though, for me, it was probably more like a two-star read.