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maisonmarsiela's review against another edition
5.0
this was comforting and gross and perfect. i love u melissa broder
tildahlia's review against another edition
5.0
This set of essays was fantastic. Viscerally raw, vulnerable, funny and devastating all at once. The essay outlining her text exchanges with a lover was a particular highlight. A unique voice.
livrawds's review against another edition
4.0
Currently very tired so it’ll be short and sweet
It’s Melissa Broder so ofc I liked it
It’s Melissa Broder so ofc I liked it
dilchh's review against another edition
5.0
Another collection of essays that I've read this year. If you're still on Twitter (much like yours truly), you might know about the twitter user sosadtoday, which is handled by Melissa Broder (which she maintains anonymously when she first started it). This book was inspired by the her tweets. •
I was honestly a bit hesitant about reading it, because I had a hard time enjoying the last book I read, which happens to be a collection of essays too. But I'm glad I read this one, because gosh I relate so well with the way she wrote her essays. A friend said that the rawness and the openness and the brashness of her writing resonates well with me, even when some topics aren't the things I go through. •
The author wrote without restraint. If you're not a big fans of cursing or just plain brash, you might not a big fan. But I am a big fan of her the way she wrote everything. She's not trying to be edgy with the curses. She's not trying to be cool and different. She's just is and that what makes the essays so fun to read. Her twists and turns are also a nice surprise. One moment you're reading about sexting, the next you're dumbfounded because it's actually a well meaning (albeit heartbreaking) love story. I'm a fan of her first essay in the book about not wanting to have kids, and even about her open marriage. •
I genuinely enjoy reading her journey with her mental illness in the way that it almost parallels where I am rn with my own mental health. Glad I read it when I most needed. •
I was honestly a bit hesitant about reading it, because I had a hard time enjoying the last book I read, which happens to be a collection of essays too. But I'm glad I read this one, because gosh I relate so well with the way she wrote her essays. A friend said that the rawness and the openness and the brashness of her writing resonates well with me, even when some topics aren't the things I go through. •
The author wrote without restraint. If you're not a big fans of cursing or just plain brash, you might not a big fan. But I am a big fan of her the way she wrote everything. She's not trying to be edgy with the curses. She's not trying to be cool and different. She's just is and that what makes the essays so fun to read. Her twists and turns are also a nice surprise. One moment you're reading about sexting, the next you're dumbfounded because it's actually a well meaning (albeit heartbreaking) love story. I'm a fan of her first essay in the book about not wanting to have kids, and even about her open marriage. •
I genuinely enjoy reading her journey with her mental illness in the way that it almost parallels where I am rn with my own mental health. Glad I read it when I most needed. •
purplepierogi's review against another edition
3.0
wavering between it’s cool that she’s so good at writing grotesque vulnerability, and it’s not so cool bc the essays are vulgar and gratuitous and self-absorbed and the parts that actually spoke to me made me so sad. I guess that’s probably on me ? I hate being reminded that we are just disgusting bodies using each other and constantly lying to one another to spare each other’s feelings and egos and the essay “help me not be a human being” was that on a page. the vomit fetish essay was an exercise in, uh, radical empathy / intense over sharing ? there’s a lot of self hatred here. this is the age of Twitter confessional essays and I’m not sure I’m getting everything out of it. the penultimate essay was really great though.
also, while I didn’t follow the @sosadtoday account, I was a big fan of her book Milk Fed, but fuck, because I really liked milk fed, this book makes me feel like the calorie counting, self hating, size fetishizing protagonist in milk fed is 100% a self insert which is .. questionable. I guess write what you know but it diminishes it somewhat.. what do you guys think ?
also, while I didn’t follow the @sosadtoday account, I was a big fan of her book Milk Fed, but fuck, because I really liked milk fed, this book makes me feel like the calorie counting, self hating, size fetishizing protagonist in milk fed is 100% a self insert which is .. questionable. I guess write what you know but it diminishes it somewhat.. what do you guys think ?
charlesalexander's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
5.0
rovwade's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
3.0