Kris

A gut-wrenching, timely, f*cking beautiful memoir. A new fierce icon. ♥️

“When I listened to her, I understood: You have to hold out to see how your life unfolds, because it is most likely to be beyond what you can imagine. It is not a question of if you will survive this, but what beautiful things await you when you do.”

“This book does not have a happy ending. The happy part is there is no ending, because I'll always find a way to keep going.”

JUP. Read it, weep, take stock of your life, act accordingly. It's been awhile since a book delivered a sentence, an idea, a moment that has made me weep in recognition.

Loved it! My first Mary Roach book and have more on the to-be-read-list (Up next: ‘Stiff' and ‘Grunt'). She writes super accessible and very entertaining. I learned a lot, while also being very amused. Definitely recommend.

I read the Dutch version of this book. There are great observations and lovely sentences in it, but overall it didn't live up to the hype for me. I might try one of his other books.

Love, love, loved it. Laughed more at the first book I read from Samantha (‘Meaty'). I mean, I laughed a lot with this one too but it also had more relatable moments like:
‘I'm not even sure I had a personality back then; I just tried to haphazardly arrange other people's projections and shit I thought was cool into something captivating.'
Definitely recommend. Next step: I gotta go buy her third book :)