#53 in Biography & memoir
Broken
- 288
- Pages
- about 5 h
- Reading time
- NYT bestseller · 3 weeks on the list, peaked at #3
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Our view
Jenny Lawson is very funny and very candid in “Broken”, a book about living with depression and with physical illness besides. Her voice is warm, confiding and proudly odd. Some readers value her honesty about mental health as much as the jokes. The inspirational passages feel forced to others, and some could do without the lighter chapters built from tweets and mock pitches.
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About the book
Now with a new bonus chapter. ‘Broken is the party of the year . . . I loved it’ - Sarah Knight, bestselling author of The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a Fk As her fans already know, Jenny Lawson suffers from depression. In Broken, Jenny humanizes what we all face in an all-too-real way, reassuring us that we’re not alone and making us laugh while doing it. Of course, Jenny’s long-suffering husband Victor is along for the ride. Hilarious, heart-warming and honest, Broken is about living, surviving, and thriving. A beacon of hope and a wellspring of laughter when we all need it most. A New York Times, Washington Post and LA Times bestseller.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.2 across 110 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 43% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Biography & memoir average of 8.1. That is how 8.2 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 8.2 | 110 | 100% |
Frequently asked
How long is Broken?
It has 288 pages — shorter than 58% of the ranked books in Biography & memoir.
In this book
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