#39 in Humour
Furiously Happy
- 352
- Pages
- about 6 h
- Reading time
- NYT bestseller · 7 weeks on the list, peaked at #3
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Our view
“Furiously Happy” is a very funny book about depression and anxiety that takes the illness seriously while laughing around it. Lawson’s humour is absurd and unrelenting, and many readers who live with similar conditions recognise themselves in it. Some find the silliness wears thin after a strong start, or are unsure how much has been embellished for effect; what they value most are the chapters where she writes plainly about her darker days and her family.
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About the book
Furiously Happy is the second book written by the humorist Jenny Lawson. A continuation of her previous autobiography Let's Pretend This Never Happened, this book deals more directly with Lawson's experience with mental illness, depression and anxiety.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.8 across 290 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 66% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Humour average of 7.8. That is how 7.8 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 7.8 | 290 | 100% |
Frequently asked
How long is Furiously Happy?
It has 352 pages — longer than 69% of the ranked books in Humour.
In this book
Themes this book shares with others — each leads to the best books on it.
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Same shelf — Humour — with scores between 7.7 and 8.9, closest to this book.
