Found this rambling and run-on and actually exhausting to read, like the author/voice never takes a breath and we have to be along for the ride... Did not find this in the least funny, either. Just a lot of rambling with no sense at all throughout

I've loved Jenny Lawson since Furiously Happy, which was a book that reduced me to uncontrollable laughter more than once. Broken attains the same level of hilarity while exploring life with depression and anxiety, the daily uncertainties that plague a person with these conditions, and the silly moments in life that you can choose to laugh or cry at. Lawson chooses to laugh as she tackles essays on memory loss and dementia, bears, health insurance in the United States and yes, dog penises. How something can be so incredibly moving and also make me laugh out loud, I'll never understand. Love it.

Lawson knocks it out of the park once more, with her own incredible blend of humour and heartbreakingly real moments. A worthy follow up to her previous non-fiction books, she is an auto buy author that never fails to have me crying with laughter.

Jenny Lawson is so funny in all her books and this one doesn't disappoint. I can't wait to recommend this to my customers, but beware: Do not read in public because you will be chortling manically to yourself.

Let's just start by saying I love Jenny Lawson.

This is a mix of hilarious stories (tiny dog condoms for boots, anyone?) as well as some more raw chapters, such as her open letter to her insurance company that really got me holding back the tears. Seeing how open she is about all aspects of her life really show that it's okay to be broken and it's definitely okay to talk, and even laugh about it.

She is strange, awkward, unfiltered but this is what makes her book just SO good. I would recommend this to anyone who loves a mental health essay collection with a huge side of comedy.

If you're a fan of Jenny Lawson's blog ("The Bloggess"), you'll love this book. And even if you haven't come across her (hilarous) blog, if you're looking for a massively entertaining insight into the mind of a fascinating individual with a quirky way of looking at the world, Broken is for you!

This is the first Jenny Lawson book I’ve read, and after this I doubt it will be the last. I wanted a laugh about my own mental health issues, and this certainly gave me them - at one point I laughed so much I had tears streaming down my face, and I’m glad I read it while on my own because the amount I laughed out loud would have been embarrassing. I’d recommend this one for anyone who wants to feel less alone with their own issues, or who just feels like a laugh!

Thank you to Pan Macmillan and NetGalley for the copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This is a funny and relatable book, there was moments i was nodding along as i had experience similar moments. This was the first book i read by Jenny Lawson and really enjoyed it.

The chapters are short at times and on occasion a little detour but thats part of the book.

I loved all the little stories, the arguments and found them fascinating and the way she thinks.

As the full title says, Jenny Lawson may consider herself Broken, but she is broken in the Best Possible Way. At turns heartbreaking and side-splittingly funny, this is a great and important book. I loved it and recommend it highly!

A brilliant, funny, moving and very relatable collection of essays. I didn’t expect to connect to them as much as I did and I’m so pleased I’ve found this writer.

I'm a big fan of Jenny Lawson's other books Let's Pretend This Didn't Happen and Furiously Happy. She writes really frankly about her life, disclosing some of the darkest parts of her mental and physical health, always with a touch of humour though. Broken is no different in that regard. From very serious topics like an open letter to her health insurance and the hoops it makes her jump through just to get basic health insurance to more silly and whimsical topics like the arguments that she has with her husband. I liked the topic about transcranial magnetic stimulation, an experimental treatment for depression and the results of that. Some of the chapters felt like filler, like the Shark Tank suggestions, I'll admit I read the first few and skipped on as I didn't find it very amusing. I think if you're a big fan of the author and follow her on social media, then you'll probably like this. If you're new to Jenny Lawson, I would suggest starting with her first book and follow her on her journey

A truly exquisite book about mental health issues experienced by the author. I would recommend this book to absolutely everyone. This is a hugely courageous and honest novel about the difficulties faced.

OK, so I might become homeless (or get an ASBO) on account of annoying my neighbours by laughing long into the night whilst reading this book. Much of Jenny Lawson's "Broken" can be best described as hilarious stream-of-consciousness. I related *so hard* to the section on memory loss and re-watching films. As someone who had a dementia test because I was so worried about my memory in my early 30s, I have never felt so seen! There were many snorts of laughter whilst reading this book. In fact, I was reduced to wheezing (and utterly incapacitated with mirth) whilst reading about Jenny losing her phone in the house.

But it's not just fun and games. "Broken" is also deeply moving. Lawson recounts her experience of chronic illness, including mental ill health, with raw honesty. I also appreciate how she highlighted the difficulties with health and life insurance, with particular reference to pre-existing conditions. "Broken" is an eclectic collection covering a variety of topics including love, loss, dementia, invisible illness, vampires and bearcats and bats, oh my! A really great read.

I definitely enjoyed the essays, but they felt a little all over the place for me. Lawson's writing is so colloquial, so conversational that some sentences lose a lot of structure, making it far more difficult to read. Most of the essays are strong and interesting (though some I had no idea why they were included, they weren't really that funny) but I think, overall, I preferred 'Furiously Happy' just because that book had more of a through line and coherency to its essays.

If you are familiar with the author's previous work and her blog persona The Bloggess, you are almost guaranteed to enjoy this new book of Jenny's life with Victor and Hailey. There are thoughtful essays about physical and mental illness, interspersed with laugh-out-loud anecdotes. Reading the piece about health insurance made me really glad that I live in the UK and that we have the NHS!

Like a good chat with a hilarious friend: five taxidermied animals out of five.

Thanks to the author, publisher and NetGalley for providing a review copy in exchange for honest feedback.

I've been following The Bloggess for many years. This is her third book and it's a banger. Following her blog means that there are some parts of this book I am already fully cognisant with, but it's good to see everything gathered together. I love the fact that it is serious and funny, heartbreaking and uplifting, honest and irreverent. I was told off in bed a few nights ago for laughing too much and keeping my husband awake, so it took me slightly longer to read than normal as I had to read when everyone was awake. I loved this. I love the fact that Jenny suffers through so much but uses that to build up others. As a UK resident where healthcare is free at the point of use, the most upsetting chapter was the letter to her health insurance company about how difficult they make it for her and people like her to get well. There are chapters that are a tough read, but there are chapters that are really uplifting too.

Funny and heartfelt. I really love Jenny Lawson's writing, if you enjoyed this you should seek out her previous collections.

Jenny Lawson knows how to mix humour and heartfelt moments of her life.

Absolutely brilliant, and hilarious.

Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the eArc.

I can openly and honestly say that no book has ever made me laugh like this ine did. Not only did it make me laugh out loud, but it made me wake my husband with my uncontrollable laughter. It made me snort-laugh which startled the dogs. I laughed until I had tears. There is a fair bit of open discussion about mental illness which could be difficult or upsetting, but Jenny breaks it up with her amazing humour. Although a lot of it seems daft or silly, I genuinely think this is an important book. It is important  that people like Kenny continue to talk so honestly about their struggles with mental health to help others with their own issues and to break the stigma. It is also important to talk about the good days, to show people who are suffering that there is hope. It is also one of the funniest  things I have ever read or seen, and so is brilliant for giving you some much needed light relief. As soon as this comes out I will be buying several copies for some of my best friends. Absolutely  wonderful. Thank you Jenny Lawson - more please!

Like all American writing that deals with illness (both mental and physical), Broken just made me profoundly grateful for the NHS and also angry that anyone puts up with the whole health insurance scam of the US. So it wasn’t a cheery experience when reading those parts, but overall it’s a funny book which reads like a collection of blog posts. I did find Lawson’s humour a little too fantastical and silly at times, but I can appreciate that she’s good at what she does.