5/5. Read this back in 2018 and did not review it back then. I don't remember enough about it to give it proper feedback.

Before finding My Beautiful Despair, I had no clue behind the concept of Kierkegaardashian ('The love child of Søren Kierkegaard and Kim Kardashian'), so I was in for a treat when it came to this revelation of a book.
A mash-up of Kim’s tweets and observations with Kierkegaard’s philosophy, Kim Kierkegaardashian shares their musings on fashion, beauty, brunch, and the relentless waves of existential dread that wash over us day after day.
Honestly for as much as I wanted to read the book and enjoy it, it was a little difficult.

“I like my men like I like my coffee: a momentary comfort in the midst of all my suffering.”

My Beautiful Despair is hilarious, dark, and a spot-on reflection of the interesting time we’re living in.

My Beautiful Despair is by the author of the wonderful Twitter account Kim Kierkegaardashian. For those not familiar with this bright spot on Twitter, this account combines the tweets of Kim Kardashian with the writings of 19th century Danish existentialist philosopher Soren Kierkegaard. The combination of Kim Kardashian's relatively vapid tweets and Kierkegaard's existential writings might sound like mixing peanut butter and sardines at first, but they blend together so nicely, like peanut butter and bananas. My personal favorite was: "I like my men like I like my coffee: a momentary comfort in the midst of all my suffering." There are wonderfully weird illustrations that accompany each musing. I've been a fan of this Twitter account for a while, and while this book different offer anything particularly different, I enjoyed reading it and dying of laughter.. This would be a great gift for your one friend who shares your exact same dark sense of humor.

Thanks to NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I love the author's humor and found myself laughing pretty often while reading this clever little book!

Reminded me of Edward the Hamster, I loved it. Wish there was a little more content and, if I'm being honest, not like 100% Kim Kardashian but a mish-mash of *it girls*. But whatever, I dug it.

Brutal

The mashed up musings in this little gift volume are priceless sendups of both celebrity culture and of the outer reaches of Kierkegaard's existential despair. Kim doesn't come off well, of course, but Soren runs neck and neck with her, which may be unfair to Kierkegaard, but maybe not. Read a few of the excerpts in any of the blurbs or book sites and you'll know almost immediately whether this bit of high-end snark tickles your funny bone.

But here's a surprise bonus - like some sort of insane Mad-Libs project, some of these mashups make more sense than the original sources. Take this for example: "I love your Tumblr's infinite scroll-down feature & the unfathomable, insatiable emptiness behind it." This is a social media/existential dread mashup that makes profound sense.

So, this book is good for a lot of laughs, and a few thoughtful laughs, and is, at the very least, the absolutely best thought-for-the-day collection ever. Now, where is the Sartre/Kanye daily calendar?

(Please note that I received a free ecopy of this book without a review requirement, or any influence regarding review content should I choose to post a review. Apart from that I have no connection at all to either the author or the publisher of this book.)

This was hilarious. Basically, the author combined Kim Kardashian's tweets with Soren Kierkegaard quotes and made a book out of it. So many giggles from this book! I can't wait to see the finished version in stores.