Member Reviews
Four stars! Sarah Andersen managed to capture the essence of adulting. Recommended to adults of all ages.
Sarah Andersen is one of the best writers about everyday life. She GETS it, every single awkward detail. She gives humor at living with anxiety
This book was uncannily real to me. I found myself wanting to copy & share every single page in it on social media! The author really knows what is going on in my (and every introvert's) head! I couldn't get over it. I will share some favorites when I have the opportunity to review the book once again, but let's just say this will be a favorite I plan to purchase for my permanent shelves (and refer to again, and again, and again).
Great book. I have bought one for myself and one for my friend. We both enjoyed it. It is a quick one but it is relatable and fun.
Sometimes I read Sarah Andersen's comics and I wonder if she's hiding under my bed. She knows me too well! Realistically, though, she writes what everyone knows but nobody talks about: most adults don't want to adult. It's a thing your parents tell you about to get you excited about being independent. It's all lies.
This was an amazing read and it's refreshing to know I'm not the only adult imposter in the world.
I had a copy from NetGalley, but I failed to extract the PDF in time and it expired. The book was archived and couldn't request it again so I ended up having the book but not really having it :D. Now, almost 1 year later, I finally got hold of a copy!
This is the type of humor I'll enjoy on social media, or on a blog I am following; I'd enjoy it a lot actually, but I don't find is working in a book. Some strips are really funny and witty. They are not portraying me but that doesn't make them less good, and it doesn't mean I cannot enjoy them. I might like this in a book when I am just browsing in a book store and I can randomly open the book and read some. Or when I am waiting at my dentist or my GP or something, but I would never buy it for myself. I might be tempted to buy it for a friend that I find is perfectly described by this comics, but even then, I'd think twice before buying it.
Maybe if they were put under some sort of chapters or maybe collected under some loose themes it might look better, but it kind of feels they were just thrown together without any thought, or maybe in the exact order she created them, in the order she posted them on social media... It will work online, but again, not in the form of a book
I have never encountered a book that suffered so acutely from a lack of organization. For a book created by someone who clearly experiences a lot of anxiety, this book did a lot to trigger anxiety in me. As one-offs, these short, one-page comics are delightful, quippy and funny, and probably easily consumable on the daily or weekly basis that they were originally posted on the author's website. But in book form, they felt chaotic and frenetic in a less than pleasant way. If they had been organized into general topics, reading them would have perhaps been a more enjoyable experience. But as it is, jumping from one topic to the next and then back again over and over and over again on literally every page was too much. I had to put the book down three times before I could finish because it was making me too anxious.