so-soProbably a case of #RightBookWrongReader because I did not enjoy this at all. Lindy West is bright and articulate, with a biting sense of humor but there‘s such a bitterness to her tone. I feel like she‘s quick to put others down and she seems to always be in fight mode🥊 #MoreMehThanYeah #BorrowNotBuy
Megabooks Hmmm…I loved this and have read it three times. 🤷🏻♀️ #DifferentBooksForDifferentFolks 😘 3y
KatieDid927 She‘s definitely snarky but I‘ve definitely found no bitterness there, personally. 3y
Cinfhen We are out of sync on this one @Megabooks 😉💕 3y
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Cinfhen Hmmmm, definitely snarky!!! That‘s a better word choice @KatieDid927 I just felt like she put others down a lot / I just didn‘t connect with her humor 🤷🏼♀️ 3y
Kimberlone I tried reading Shit Actually, her collection of movie reviews and had to bail. I don‘t mind snarkiness at all, but the humor used to criticize the movies she reviews was mean spirited and the tone was too internet-y for me to enjoy in a book format. Surprisingly, I love the show based on her book Shrill (streaming on Hulu), but a lot of that has to do with Aidy Bryant‘s endearing performance. 3y
Hooked_on_books I liked this one, but think this is a very fair assessment of it. I feel like she was really angry when she wrote this (totally legit), and it really bled through, not always in the best way. I definitely liked Shrill more. 3y
Cinfhen Thanks for articulating how I felt @Hooked_on_books / the book had a rather hostile tone but like you said, legit 😉 3y
Hooked_on_books There was a bell hooks book I read at one point that just seethed anger and it just didn‘t work for me. Both of which are legit. I had someone accuse me of tone policing. 🙄 It‘s never wrong for a person to push their anger out onto the page. But it also won‘t work for every reader. And that‘s ok, because no book does. I don‘t think it‘s wrong for people to have and express anger, and I do think some readers will respond more positively to that 🔽 3y
Hooked_on_books anger, as it reflects their own or helps them better understand someone else‘s anger. But saying a book didn‘t work for you because it‘s angry is not the same as saying the author should not have been angry. I‘ve gone a little off topic, but I clearly am still annoyed at having had that accusation leveled at me in the past. 😬 3y
Cinfhen I hear ya! And I 💯 agree with you @Hooked_on_books ❣️😊😘 3y
britt_brooke Fair review! I liked this one, but didn‘t care for Shrill. Her tone can be really hit or miss. 3y
britt_brooke @Hooked_on_books Valid points! 3y
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