Review: Let's Pretend This Never Happened
A Funny Book: Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson
When Jenny Lawson was little, all she ever wanted was to fit in. That dream was cut short by her fantastically unbalanced father and a morbidly eccentric childhood. It did, however, open up an opportunity for Lawson to find the humor in the strange shame-spiral that is her life, and we are all the better for it.
In the irreverent Let’s Pretend This Never Happened, Lawson’s long-suffering husband and sweet daughter help her uncover the surprising discovery that the most terribly human moments-the ones we want to pretend never happened-are the very same moments that make us the people we are today. For every intellectual misfit who thought they were the only ones to think the things that Lawson dares to say out loud, this is a poignant and hysterical look at the dark, disturbing, yet wonderful moments of our lives.
I picked this book up because I have wanted to read it forever and I needed a “to read at work” book. As in, this is the book I bring into work to read on breaks. It took me a long time to read it, since I’d only get one or two 5-10 minutes reading sessions in per shift. And some of my coworkers were giving me a hard time about how long it took me (jerks), but there was a reason I bought the book and I decided to stick with it.
Anyway, I loved this book. Better than the blog posts that I love. I laughed out loud at every paragraph (getting some odd looks from coworkers, but I’ve decided to ignore them). Except the sad paragraphs, I didn’t laugh there. That’d be mean. I think I loved the Barnaby Jones character the most.
It was totally worth the $5.47 bargain price (plus employee discount) I paid for it.
(Seriously, loved this book, I plan to leave it at the family cabin so that other people can pick it up randomly and be amused/horrified, depending on which family member it is.)
Rating: A+
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