By: Jenny Lawson
Standalone | 329 Pages | Pub. 2015
Furiously Happy at a Glance
Overall Rating: ★★★★★
Review
Weird story, my brother-in-law gave me Jenny Lawson’s first book Let’s Pretend This Never Happened for my birthday years ago because “it seemed like your humor.”
I mean… duh…
I freaking loved it, but for whatever reason I didn’t pay attention when this one came out. I blame the world of fantasy because i’m addicted.
Furiously Happy was written more to expose what living with behavioral conditions is really like. Lawson gets REAL about depression and anxiety. But she feeds it to you with a healthy dose of hilarity. Everyone needs to know how evil possums are right? Maybe I laugh harder because I also live in Texas, but those things are EVIL.
Her sense of humor is fantastic, but realize that she rants. About absolute nonsense. Which I also do, so of course I liked it. I can see how this might annoy some readers and draw in others. If you don’t like random humor and stories, this book is not for you.
But underneath the humor is a story of living with anxiety, depression and other conditions. She talks about meds and therapy and how vital these things are to surviving each day. People without these conditions, lucky bitches, don’t always understand that every day is a struggle. Doing little, everyday things can be the most difficult part of your day. Anxiety manifests itself in the stupidest ways sometimes. For Jenny Lawson, she isn’t scared of flying, but the logistics leading up to it is mentally exhausting.
I know for myself personally, I get anxiety from procrastination. Which makes me procrastinate even more. It’s horrible. I also have to live with a delicate balance of introvert and extrovert. I have an attack if I spend too much time alone at home and I also have one if I over-schedule myself.
If anything, I loved this book just because it made me feel justified. Anxiety is a real thing that happens to people. Maybe not to everyone, but real humans out there have similar issues. IT’S NOT IN YOUR HEAD.
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This book is great! I’m glad you enjoyed it.
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I have read this book twice and I think it gets better and better. My fiancé saw me laughing so much to this book even with the reread that he asked to borrow it. I think he is actually enjoying it more than I did, if that is possible.
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It’s so funny!! I bought it for a friend since I loved it so much.
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I loved Furiously Happy, even more than her first. Her blog is one of the few non book blogs I follow.
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It’s so good!
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I loved this book!
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Putting this on my TBR right this second🤩
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I hope you like it!!!
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Great review! I just picked this book up yesterday, and I am really enjoying it so far. It has already made me laugh out loud multiple times and I’ve only read a few chapters. Also, just want to say that I relate so much to your whole paragraph about anxiety and procrastination/ being alone and overscheduling yourself making you equally anxious. I completely understand this. Hope I will enjoy this whole book as much as you did 🙂 It definitely looks promising so far! 🙂 xxx
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I hope you love it!! That book made me feel less crazy and knowing that others deal with the same anxiety seriously helps. It’s nice not to be alone!
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I totally agree. I finished the book a few days ago and related to it so much! I love books like this, because as you said, it makes you feel less alone, and more understood 🙂 it also made me laugh so much! Loved it! xxx
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I’m glad that it made you as happy as me!!
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Aww thank you! 🙂 xxx
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OMG this book cover has me in hysterics and I don’t even know why. I wouldn’t have guessed at first glance that it is about living with anxiety and depression, but now that I know this I want to pick it up. Great review, and your experiences with anxiety are valid!
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