Indre answers “Is this book going to get better? I'm on...”

Dawn asked this question about Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things:

Is this book going to get better? I'm on page 27, and so far I'd say it's about 25% funny and 75% pretty stupid. Or do I just not "get" this author?

Indre Pliuskyte-Zalieckiene I am through 60 percent of this book and I had never ever read a book and laughed and giggled so many times. I did not feel the same during the first …moreI am through 60 percent of this book and I had never ever read a book and laughed and giggled so many times. I did not feel the same during the first 15% and have even stopped reading for about a half a year. But now that I resumed, I can’t be more entertained. More than this - laughter is quickly replaced by sadness, then by laughter again and it goes on and on. And even more than this - this book is making me to dare talk about things I had no guts to talk about previously. I mean, the author exposes herself to that degree that you think a person should die out of shame. But she stays alive. And that unexpectedly gives me guts to talk about uncomfortable things of many kinds. (less)

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