A review by julinino19
I Was Told There'd Be Cake by Sloane Crosley
4.0
First off, let me just say I am so glad I decided to give this one a try. This book came in a Foxed Box, a subscription box where you fill out a survey and you are sent books based on your answers. I bought a one time box with two books because I was curious. I remember saying in my survey that I don’t tend to read non-fiction, but I’m up for giving it a try, especially if it’s something witty that will make me chuckle. They sent me this book and a novel.
I had never heard of this book, but I was excited to eventually pick it up. Naturally, I looked it up on goodreads, and saw it had not-so-great reviews. I immediately gave up on the idea of reading this. Just like that. How lame of me.
I was reading a YA fantasy novel that was pissing me off, so I decided that I would give I Wish There’d Be Cake a try and read it in-between chapters of my YA novel so that my brain could rest from the annoying YA tropes and lack of character development.
Great decision. I redeemed myself from my previously LAME mindset. Lesson learned! I can’t just let a mediocre goodreads rating change how I initially felt about a book. Especially if my enthusiasm was genuine!!!
Anyway, I really enjoyed this. I honestly completely disagree with all the negative (and very harsh) reviews.
I’ve never heard of Sloane Crosely before, nor have I ever read a collection of essays. I’ve read a few memoirs, but I didn’t know if I was gonna like reading something that didn’t have a narrative. I like short stories, so I guess it’s not all too different from a collection of short stories. If anything, I think it’s 10x harder to publish a collection of essays. These are Crosley’s stories. Things that happened to HER from HER point of view. She was brave enough to say: Here ya go world. These are some things that have happened to me. These are my thoughts on said things. This is who I am. I want to share lessons I have learned and mistakes I have made.
It’s honestly so humble to me.
She knew she was probably gonna have to hear plenty of people dissect not just her writing, but HER PERSONALITY. As if reading this book means you automatically truly know Crosley and have any right to condemn her, which is what I saw in a lot of negative reviews.
That being said, you are obviously in your own right to have an opinion. I just think it’s kind of unfair to hate on the author more than hate on your overall reading experience.
She told it like it was. It was unapologetic. It was real. And it was funny. I personally laughed out loud quite a bit. I didn’t die laughing, but I mean I don’t tend to do that just from reading something.
It’s sarcastic, cynical, and very witty.
Thank you Sloane Crosley for having the courage to expose yourself to the world. You helped me through a disappointing YA fantasy, and you have now prepared me for the world of non-fiction, a world I have always been hesitant to dive into. Here’s to not judging a book by its goodreads rating.
But if we were to judge this book by its cover, it would win. *chefs kiss*
I had never heard of this book, but I was excited to eventually pick it up. Naturally, I looked it up on goodreads, and saw it had not-so-great reviews. I immediately gave up on the idea of reading this. Just like that. How lame of me.
I was reading a YA fantasy novel that was pissing me off, so I decided that I would give I Wish There’d Be Cake a try and read it in-between chapters of my YA novel so that my brain could rest from the annoying YA tropes and lack of character development.
Great decision. I redeemed myself from my previously LAME mindset. Lesson learned! I can’t just let a mediocre goodreads rating change how I initially felt about a book. Especially if my enthusiasm was genuine!!!
Anyway, I really enjoyed this. I honestly completely disagree with all the negative (and very harsh) reviews.
I’ve never heard of Sloane Crosely before, nor have I ever read a collection of essays. I’ve read a few memoirs, but I didn’t know if I was gonna like reading something that didn’t have a narrative. I like short stories, so I guess it’s not all too different from a collection of short stories. If anything, I think it’s 10x harder to publish a collection of essays. These are Crosley’s stories. Things that happened to HER from HER point of view. She was brave enough to say: Here ya go world. These are some things that have happened to me. These are my thoughts on said things. This is who I am. I want to share lessons I have learned and mistakes I have made.
It’s honestly so humble to me.
She knew she was probably gonna have to hear plenty of people dissect not just her writing, but HER PERSONALITY. As if reading this book means you automatically truly know Crosley and have any right to condemn her, which is what I saw in a lot of negative reviews.
That being said, you are obviously in your own right to have an opinion. I just think it’s kind of unfair to hate on the author more than hate on your overall reading experience.
She told it like it was. It was unapologetic. It was real. And it was funny. I personally laughed out loud quite a bit. I didn’t die laughing, but I mean I don’t tend to do that just from reading something.
It’s sarcastic, cynical, and very witty.
Thank you Sloane Crosley for having the courage to expose yourself to the world. You helped me through a disappointing YA fantasy, and you have now prepared me for the world of non-fiction, a world I have always been hesitant to dive into. Here’s to not judging a book by its goodreads rating.
But if we were to judge this book by its cover, it would win. *chefs kiss*