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3.0 out of 5 stars
Grab it, but first put the razors away,
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This review is from: Love Pain and the Whole Damn Thing (Hardcover)
Whatever the publishers were smoking when they approved the synopsis for this book needs to be sent over to my house! This book has absolutely no relevance to the summary provided online and on the back of the book. It is not a dark comedy, I didn't laugh once. It surely wasn't incredibly new & refreshing. I read the bible...these topics are old school.This book wasn't subtle feminism; in fact, most of the women came off as submissive, two-dimensional cardboard cut-outs. Note: It doesn't make you a feminist if you're "living out loud on your own damn terms" while hubby goes to work all day to pay for your dalliances so he can still get his medicine at night. That's what we femmes like to call "contractual prostitution" or, in other words, a housewife. Sorry, but if Anais Nin can't get away with it, neither can you. And we're moving....Then there's this quote from Publisher's Weekly: "Dorrie's casual, deadpan style belies the tight compression of these acid meditations on the trivialization of women, the trials of marriage and being single, and loss of meaning in work and social interactions." I got two words for you: "Everybody Hurts". I get that, in both the R.E.M. video and this book, we're supposed to be moved by how it's all really meaningless and everybody's life sucks, but do artist really think we forgot this? Really?! Unfortunately, much like the song, the only thought it provoked in me is a reminder to get alcohol next time I'm out, preferably before my mom calls again. And we're moving... So, with all that being said I bet you're wondering why I gave it three stars? I gave it one for the bold move of straight up lying to the masses. I gave it another for the simple fact that it was so depressing and sad, it bordered on horror. Nice. And finally, I gave it one more star for being an incredibly fast read - I read it in under 6 hours.
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