Once Upon a Time, Bitches
My Review:
In Once Upon a Time, Bitches, Branden LaNette has written a fast-paced, funny book so good you will hardly realize you’re being given advice to improve your life.
My own advice to you is to (1) read this book, (2) laugh while you do it and (3) wake up the next day with your life a little better on track. Then (4) buy a copy for someone you love.
Best things about this book:
1. It is solid advice told in funny and entertaining way.
2. There is just enough about the author to make you like and believe her and not so much that it becomes all about her, not you.
3. This should only be a 100 page book and guess what? It is.
4. Her humble I’m-no-better-than-you-are-at-this-shit approach is endearing and convincing.
The worst things I can say about this book:
1. The foul language is a shock. It reminded me of the musical “The Jersey Boys.” I spent the first minutes thinking wow, I didn’t know people could use the word fuck that many times in a sentence. Then I got used to it and loved the show. In a similar fashion, by about 10 pages into this book, I loved it, too. However, I’d be lying if I didn’t say I had to acclimate first.
2. There is no giant revelation here, but that’s not the author’s fault. There really isn’t one to reveal. We know the secrets to a good life are the easy-to-say and hard-to-do things like take responsibility, forgive others, and love yourself. I struggle to do these things on a good day, so I certainly benefited from hearing them again, and appreciated them being stated so bluntly.
So, who would I recommend this book to?
Anyone who happens to be a human. Others need not bother.
For the full blog post including more information about the book, its author, and the Goddess Fish promotional tour I originally wrote the review for, please see Once Upon a Time, Bitches
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