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ashction's review against another edition
5.0
for once booktok didn't fail me and recommended me something both really great and truly thought-provoking. recommended to me as books ypu should read in your twenties, i totally agree and am glad i picked this up!
i can't lie and say jonny sun's resume of accomplishments is not daunting, but something about that image compared with the frozen-in-time version of him in this pages is relieving. this is a well-written collection with consistent theme and callbacks that really tie the work together! at the end of the day we are all complicated people trying to understand ourselves, each other, and the world around us - close-up and long distance.
favorite pieces, in order of appearance: Filling the blankness; This Is Really Happening; Unnatural words; "Friendships"; Sunlight; A Waste of Time and Energy; Playlist for a funeral; To be happy is to be vulnerable; and The tree outside my therapist's office.
i can't lie and say jonny sun's resume of accomplishments is not daunting, but something about that image compared with the frozen-in-time version of him in this pages is relieving. this is a well-written collection with consistent theme and callbacks that really tie the work together! at the end of the day we are all complicated people trying to understand ourselves, each other, and the world around us - close-up and long distance.
favorite pieces, in order of appearance: Filling the blankness; This Is Really Happening; Unnatural words; "Friendships"; Sunlight; A Waste of Time and Energy; Playlist for a funeral; To be happy is to be vulnerable; and The tree outside my therapist's office.
mms73's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
sad
fast-paced
5.0
ultrviolet's review against another edition
2.0
Some lil nice nuggets, I think this resonates with a different type of brain to mine, we might share some similar problems but it feels like it was more helpful to write than it is to read, personally. Felt v millennial
thepaperbackplanner's review against another edition
emotional
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inspiring
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medium-paced
5.0
I was real scared to start reading this, not gonna lie. I worried it was going to be too sad, that it would send me into an anxiety spiral about all the bad things that have happened or could happen or will happen. But I am so glad I got into the headspace where I decided I could crack this one open, because I couldn’t have been more wrong. There is something really special and moving about reading something written by someone who clearly experiences similar anxieties as you. It’s a soft hand on your shoulder, a reassurance that you’re not alone in your weird brain chemistry. It’s a gift to be able to share that with someone, even though I’m sure I’ll never meet author Jonny Sun — and as he mentions in his acknowledgements, if we ever did meet, he wouldn’t be the version of him who wrote these stories anymore anyway, and I wouldn’t be the version of me who originally read them. Still, I feel like I understand myself a little bit better after engaging with these stories, and I’m grateful for that.
tophat8855's review against another edition
4.0
I want to read his other book. But this is a good One for crying. Listened via hoopla.
eghimire_'s review against another edition
3.0
Maybe I expected more, but this was simply just eh. Yes some of the chapters were touching and apt, but in a general sense I just felt most of the topics surrounding each chapter to be similar to the ones before. And yes, they’re different in their own ways - butttttt not really that different.
Man’s killed a lot of plants. Rip to those plants
Man’s killed a lot of plants. Rip to those plants
solanawhitfield's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
5.0