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Chargement... Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory: Stories (édition 2019)par Raphael Bob-Waksberg (Auteur)
Information sur l'oeuvreSomeone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory: Stories par Raphael Bob-Waksberg
   sad girl books (47) Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre.   ) oshafiro | Mar 3, 2023 |  Most of the stories have this melancholy shade to them, but even through that melancholy there is a humor that feels not so much warm but familiar and inclusive--like we are all laughing together at the stupid shit we humans do. The characters have this depth that isn't really in what is explicitly written but in the way you can relate to them. You may not be sacrificing goats for your wedding, for example, but you understand the impulse to give in to tradition and superstition. And the love. The love is there too. My favorite story is the second to last and (I think) the longest called "More of the You That You Already Are." It was charming and funny and weird and as close to a happy ending as you get with this collection. Not that a happy ending is a requirement or anything, just that the story was a nice upswing there at the end that left me smiling. The info on the jacket says this is Bob-Waksberg's first book. I hope it is not his last! ( ) BonBonVivant | Jan 18, 2023 | Exactly what you would expect a Bojack Horseman (Extended) book would read like. I don't have problems with that, I love the show. The stories here have the same self-deprecating wit that makes the show so endearing, but the subject matter is more limited. Romantic love takes the undisputed center, and it really hurts for a while. Eventually though that kinda gets boring especially when you're single and not really particularly sad about it. My favorites from this collection: Missed connections - Short and sweet and free to read in Craigslist, of all places Up-and-comers - Absurdist comedy about superheroes falling in love? It's more likely than you think The average of all possible things - Lucinda is literally me in a parallel universe Life is terrifying and overwhelming and it can happen at any moment. And when you’re confronted with life you can either be cowardly or you can be brave, but either way you’re going to live. So you might as well be brave. (  ) kahell | May 4, 2022 | ) Mirror_Matt | Feb 3, 2022 | 2.5 average, rounded down. "Salted Circus Cashews, Swear to God" - 1 star This was a nothing story, and a very strange choice to start the collection. I guess it hits all the themes of the stories (vulnerability, opening yourself to hurt and ridicule), but it made no impression. The text starts big and then steadily gets smaller - why? "Short Stories" - 4 stars A collection of 10 beginnings or middles or ends of stories, about two people who are no longer in love. Some pithy lines in here, and even though there's not really any plot you feel it. "A Most Blessed and Auspicious Occasion" - 4 stars A couple struggles to plan their wedding: they want it small, everyone else wants it chock-full of all the appropriate religious ceremonies (and there are a lot of gods). I think I might like this one more if I have ever planned a wedding, but even though I haven't I still enjoyed the absurd humor of this story and the sweetness of the couple's love. The last line, where everything is going wrong but he is struck by how much he loves her, is beautiful. "Missed Connections - m4w" - 2 stars A man writes about a woman with whom he shares a train with for 60 years, but they've never spoken. A good parable on the dangers of waiting, I guess, but nothing super. "The Serial Monogamist's Guide to New York City Landmarks" - 2 stars With a great title like that, I was expecting something more like "Inventory" by Carmen Maria Machado (which now that I go back to my review I rated only so-so), but instead I got a loose pedestrian story about some woman kind of going over her boyfriends in relation to NYC landmarks. "We Men of Science" - 2 stars A man is entrusted with a doorway to parallel universes, and finds both his and his wife's double. Some great lines (" I am only as good as I am, and I could only do what the person as good as I am could do"), but I really hated the narrator and his total lack of love and respect for his wife (and I guess that is the point but ugh it made it hard to read - especially when "Lies We Told Each Other (a Partial List)" - 1 star I don't remember this one. "These are Facts" - 1 star I also don't remember this one! Seriously, I read this collection very recently and there's a fair few I have no recollection of. "Lunch With the Person Who Dumped You" - 4 stars The most poignant story, about preparing for the titular lunch. Real and raw. "Rufus" - 2 stars 1 extra star for the attempt to do something different with a dog narrator, and for accurately portraying the endless simple love a dog has for their people. But it was an unsuccessful attempt, as Rufus sounds like every other narrator in the book. And I understand why Bob-Waksberg Choosetowritelikedis for all of the dialogue but it was the worst. "Rules for Taboo" - 2 stars Charting a failed relationship through the rules of taboo. Nothing that hasn't already been covered previously in the same collection. "Up-and-Comers" - 4 stars A directionless band is given superpowers by a freak accident. A really interesting take on the superhero story. "Move Across the Country" - 1 star Another nothing-burger. Second-person about you moving across the country to escape sadness (but you can't!). Nothing revolutionary or exciting. "You Want to Know What Plays are Like?" - 3 stars A look into fractured family relationships when a sister goes to her brother's play and finds out it's based on their life. I could really feel the intense emotions here, but there wasn't any plot other than her experiencing the play. (Also, why is she such a bitch to her ex-husband for no reason?) "The Poem" - 1 star Twee and pretentious. "The Average of all Possible Things" - 5 stars The first one I really connected with! Lucinda has just gone through a breakup, and everything is totally normal and average and fine. I had a lot of the same thoughts at Lucinda during this breakup I'm going through right now, and the idea that this huge personal devastating thing is so average and mundane is painfully true and comforting. "More of You Than You Already Are" - 5 stars A young man who plays Chester A Arthur at a presidential-themed theme park fears for his job after a presidential hybrid is introduced. Original, weird, and very interesting. "We Will Be Close on Friday 18 July" - 2 stars Inspired by a handwritten sign. A weak ending - nothing new or great.  ) Elna_McIntosh | Sep 29, 2021 | aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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From the creator and executive producer of the beloved and universally acclaimed television series BoJack Horseman , a fabulously off-beat collection of short stories about love--the best and worst thing in the universe Written with all the scathing dark humor that is a hallmark of BoJack Horseman , Raphael Bob-Waksberg's stories will make readers laugh, weep, and shiver in uncomfortably delicious recognition. In "A Most Blessed and Auspicious Occasion," a young couple planning a wedding is forced to deal with interfering relatives dictating the appropriate number of ritual goat sacrifices. "Missed Connection--m4w" is the tragicomic tale of a pair of lonely commuters eternally failing to make that longed-for contact. The members of a rock band in "Up-and-Comers" discover they suddenly have superpowers--but only when they're drunk. And in "The Serial Monogamist's Guide to Important New York City Landmarks," a woman maps her history of romantic failures based on the places she and her significant others visited together. Equally at home with the surreal and the painfully relatable (or both at once), Bob-Waksberg delivers a killer combination of humor, romance, whimsy, cultural commentary, and crushing emotional vulnerability. The resulting collection is a punchy, perfect bloody valentine. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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