Sometimes I Feel Like A Nut (2011) - Plot & Excerpts
While Kargman has a number of hilarious anecdotes, I feel that her attempts to be risqué overshadowed her sense of humor. I often had trouble slogging through treacherously long run-on sentences that resulted from Kargman trying to include so much profane or crass language. I'm no prude. I can get behind a well-placed f-bomb or worse. I usually find inappropriate humor to be the most funny, too. But here, Kargman just took it to an extreme that undermined both her written clarity and her punchlines. Also, it's got a feel of someone's whiny, self-discovery through learning to love myself, therapy journal that got published with the assumption that it's as meaningful to others as it was to the author. If you'd like a small amount of amusement with a large amount of crudeness and self-importance, this one's for you! While I found this book funny at times, I also felt like it was trying way too hard. There were so many unnecessary words like "natch" or the obsession use of "avec" instead of just saying with. It was kind of like the movie Juno but it was an adult and more annoying. I bought this book hoping for a funny, light read to break up all the serious stuff I read. I wouldn't say it quite did that. I do enjoy the blunt humor though, you can tell the author is a rough around the edges type.
What do You think about Sometimes I Feel Like A Nut (2011)?
Eh.... Occasionally funny, but I've read better mom-oirs.
—Yang
liked her other books - did not like this one
—bess
