Alexander
I was gonna write something about this being a moving little children's book, but then I saw all the fake reviews of people pretending their 5-year-olds read this and had profound, philosophical revelations and now I can't stop laughing
while i appreciate the anecdotes that promote self-reliance and the importance of “blue collar jobs”, the rest of a book was a snooze-fest of elaborations on points that felt like they were made over and over again. pair that with some disagreeable takes on social politics and you end up with a book that seems more interested in confirming the biases of it's expected reader than breaking itself down to its most important parts. then again, if it were to do that, this would've just been a pretty decent article or essay.
i think of myself as your standard sedaris fan, but outside of the occasional chuckle, i couldn't help but constantly consider how apathetic i felt toward every story in this book.
Glad I can depend on Drnaso to deliver a superb depressing and cynical story whenever it's needed.
I know this is how serialized comics and manga have been read for decades, but reading issue to issue, month to month, is such a dumb way to read something. Reading Saga: Compendium One a few years ago, all at once, was one of the richest reading experiences I've ever had, but reading like this sucks because I can never remember what happened last issue, let alone the issue at the beginning of the volume that I read back in February. Gonna take a break on this one and probably won't come back till the story is finished (even though that's probably like 4 years away).
Sneaking around to date your child's friend/friend's parent already makes you look pretty bad, but this book put in the heavy lifting to make the main characters seem extraordinarily selfish, unlikable, and apathetic.
I usually love books like this, but this was so non-linear and convoluted that I couldn’t follow so much of what was going on
Honestly, by far the least interesting and slowest volume of the series I've read so far, but the final chapter gets me super excited for the next one.
Even while writing a book that focuses on the serious cultural issues and introspection that she often alludes to in her comedy, Ziwe can't help but continue being one of the funniest people alive.
a very enjoyable bleak, black comedy with an interesting fractured structure that works incredibly well with the subject material. that structure though may also lead to it not staying with me for very long. also the ending was kinda underwhelming and a little sudden.
by consuming this as an audiobook, i missed out on a lot of interactivity that it has to offer, and those chapters are of great importance in determining your own and your partners attachment styles. in spite of missing out on those parts, i found great information in this book and will probably go back to the surveys and amend this review if they prove as illuminating as the rest of the book.
I'm understanding that this series has just become a vibe at this point, and that's ok, but I do really miss the melodrama.
Hua and Ken's loving friendship kept me reading passed all the pop culture talk that I didn't really care for.
The one really good last chapter only slightly raises my opinion of this volume over the previous one.
On one hand, I appreciate reading such a wonderful, thoughtful fable about a lonely, unsatisfied woman who takes a break from city living to learn local history and reflect on her life. But on the other hand, she's really trying to fuck that bear.