Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory
Ratings46
Average rating3.9
Wacky stories about love, not just romantic love, either. You have to listen to the audiobook version because all the narrators are different and excellent, many of them comedians and actors. I think you will enjoy this if you liked John Dies at the End, which is a weird comparison, but I promise, it does make sense.
It started off really good. I am not really a short story person but the first couple I really liked. Especially the mirror dimension one and the wedding prep one were really good, it was all about the story and the rules of the world were totally irrelevant which is why those could be played with so well. The small in-between things were also good like the list of lies.
However, towards to end, I didn't like many of the end stories. The superhero one seemed to have no point and then there was one about a breakup and one entirely of rhymes. Those really weren't for me and they didn't really tie into the other ones in my opinion. They tried to be too different, too other which often made it seem forced and kinda bad. Some were very strong and I really liked them but overall I'm a bit disappointed.
This book was healing. I think about it from time to time. Absolute perfection. ❤️
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Raphael Bob-Waksberg is a creative genius. I listened to the audiobook (which is a must) and read the physical book. I wanted to give it five stars, but the overall theme of the book ran out of steam by the end. I hope he publishes a random compilation of short stories in the future.