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If We Ever Break Up, This Is My Book

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Yeah. This book is quite dandy. My girlfriend and I were walking around the bookstore roundabouts Valentine's Day lamenting what a horrific time of year it was when we found this splendid little book and whiled away our afternoon reading it crammed into an armchair in the store. It is completely hillarious in that random sort of way where things you didn't know were funny suddenly cause you to find yourself rolling on the ground in hysterics. We got some rather harsh looks for our laughter by the other patrons. Even though we had read it all in the shop, we still had to buy it. Split the cost in half.

She's my ex-girlfriend now and it's her book. I meant to ask her if it helped.

This book accomplished a nearly impossible feat... it made me laugh at my own heartbreak. A refreshing, hilarious take on what people go through when they've lost their love. I was happy to be able to relate to this book. Great for anyone who's ever eaten dinner with their cat and a mini-bottle of wine.

I saw this in the bookstore today. I picked it up and started flipping through it, and then kept flipping through it because I have a habit of self-flagellation when it comes to painful relationships, and this book is possibly the most achingly insightful look I've ever seen at the aftermath of a relationship that you thought really meant something. Don't read the whole thing in one sitting, though; it'll make you want to kill yourself. I bought it, needless to say. The line drawings have a precarious beauty to them, and the accompanying text is raw and agonized and self-revelatory. And the fact that it's written by a man gives it a slightly different flavor than a lot of the other "oh my god breakups hurt" books out there. (If you like this, I also recommend "The Peril of Magnificent Love," by Emma Magenta.)

While walking through a local book store with a close friend of mine, we stumbled upon this book. Both victims of painful breakups, we usually are attracted to these type of books as a means of joking about ourselves and looking back on painful times. We rarely buy them, though. In this case, we picked up the book and COULD NOT put it down. It's adorable, an easy 'manual' style book with small pictures and little phrases on each page. No major reading here, just a scrapbook of sorts, almost like someone's journal during and post breakup. Every little quote and doodle hits the nail on the head, causing you to look inside yourself and say "yes! that's me! i relate!"
my friend and i walked out of the store without purchasing the book because we decided to get it for eachother for christmas. I can't wait until i get mine from her, however i did read the copy i bought for her, and it was heartbreaking, beautiful, accurate, and familiar. highly recommended.

The book was really cute and made me laugh, even though I was in a crapy 'break up' mood. The book is a collection of the author's funny monograms and pictures. I would suggest going to barnes and noble or another book store to flip through it...it's the kind of book you only look through once, so it's almost not worth spending $10, $15 dollars on. Buying it used is also a good idea.

Yeah, really funny -- (me too) stumbled upon this faboulous little book totally by accident, what a pleasant surprise. Flipping through the pages I became hypnotized by artwork and originality. Put down the book, could not stop thinking about it and bought it online, weeks later. Strikes a deep visceral chord---resonates. Recommended reading: one page each day to totally process simplistic and honest beauty. Deals with dark subject matter in very funny way. Like a childrens book for grown-ups.
One of those mandatory comics. Go figure!!!

I purchased this book forever ago at an Urban Outfitters which of course is where all the cool books can be found, in between the retro cord hiphuggers and the bullet shaped martini shaker and snoopy snocone machine set. To be perfectly honest, this is a bathroom book and I say this with all sincerity and offer the comment as truly high-praise. For me, the bathroom is the sanctuary where you can sit in peace for a moment, bodily function may or may not be included, and just collect yourself for a bit, or as I have come to say to those who love and know me best, sit a spell. In those precious moments, where you just don't care who found the immunmity idol or whether the old fart in the retirement home in ocala county will have his primary voted counted by the DNC, reading a few snippets from this book, gives you a chuckle and reminds us all of how completely stupid we are collectively in relationships and how all of it is just so painfully laughable. It's the sympathetic and humorous irony when you see that guy or gal in the bar holding the beer in their left hand tilt the bottle til some of the contents spill out because they decided to check their watch for the time and forgot that the bottle has a little opening at the top that allows the fluid inside to obey the laws of gravity. It's a book that let's you say....hehe...yeah, I've been there....that totally sucked. When you can say that and still chuckle, then you know that a - things were never all that bad and b - this is an author who got it right. Read this book. And for god's sake, wash your hands.

This book was published by "Simon Spotlight Entertainment." Very appropriate, because it is somewhat entertaining. For anyone still in the suffering stage, however, look elsewhere if you need more than a smile or chuckle. On the other hand, if you are basically reconciled to your loss, or to the hopelessness of whatever you are hanging onto, this is a quick, entertaining read that will serve as a brief distraction, if nothing else.

What a STUPID book. I was looking for a helpful book that could help me deal with the end of a meaningful relationship. I was expecting a practical guide with some humor to lighten the load. Instead this hardcover book looks like something that was left behind at the bar. random sayings and stick figures scribbled on cocktail napkins. There is nothing that is useful to people who are really struggling to move on. I ended up returning the book to purchase one that takes relationships and loss seriously.