Alexandra Berrocal

Some parts of this book were really good, but others read like a promo/commercial for the Life Is Good company. I really liked the beginning, the middle dragged (although the section on...I think her name was Alberta...was good), much of the middle to the end felt like a promo for Life Is Good, and the end was good again. Overall, I'd say this book was okay, but it definitely had it's up and downs. It's good if you have nothing else to read, but there are better books out there.

This book is super funny, super cute, and has a great take on depression! As someone with bipolar disorder, I really appreciated that.

I have no words to describe how good this book is. I grew up on this book. I discovered it when I was a child. It was fun enough to hold my attention as a kid, yet sophisticated enough for an adult to enjoy as well. I feel like I learn new things every time I read it. There are not many books that I could honestly say that about. Read this book and the sequels. You won't regret it. It won't be a waste of your time.

This memoir was an enjoyable read! I like that it was a graphic novel, it made it a lot more enjoyable and made it possible for the author to express herself via her art style. I myself am ace and mentally ill, so there is some overlap there. However, I have bipolar disorder instead of OCD. It was interesting learning about another mental illness, especially about one so different from mine. I'd have to talk with other people with OCD to see if she really did it justice, but with my limited knowledge of OCD I still really enjoyed it.

This book is excellent. It does a great job chronicling Goldberg's transition from an atheist, logical sort of person to a Buddhist and a (wilder) hippie sort of person. If you want a more complete version of her relationship with Katagiri Roshi, I recommend reading The Great Failure as well. Honestly, I would recommend reading both. I would go so far as to say that one isn't really complete without the other.