Life Will Be The Death Of Me by Chelsea Handler
(Format used for this read: Audiobook)
My older sister recommended this audiobook to me so I put it on my library wait list.
I can’t say I was super excited to read it because in all actuality I’m not a big Chelsea Handler fan AND my sister and I don’t always enjoy the same kinda reads.
But she made it sound kinda interesting and it wasn’t very long so when the library notified me it was now available in my audio queue I thought “what the hey” and checked it out.
Here’s the summary:
“ In a haze of vape smoke on a rare windy night in L.A. in the fall of 2016, Chelsea Handler daydreams about what life will be like with a woman in the White House. And then Donald Trump happens. In a torpor of despair, she decides that she’s had enough of the privileged bubble she’s lived in—a bubble within a bubble—and that it’s time to make some changes, both in her personal life and in the world at large.
At home, she embarks on a year of self-sufficiency—learning how to work the remote, how to pick up dog shit, where to find the toaster. She meets her match in an earnest, brainy psychiatrist and enters into therapy, prepared to do the heavy lifting required to look within and make sense of a childhood marked by love and loss and to figure out why people are afraid of her. She becomes politically active—finding her voice as an advocate for change, having difficult conversations, and energizing her base. In the process, she develops a healthy fixation on Special Counsel Robert Mueller and, through unflinching self-reflection and psychological excavation, unearths some glittering truths that light up the road ahead.
Thrillingly honest, insightful, and deeply, darkly funny, Chelsea Handler’s memoir keeps readers laughing, even as it inspires us to look within and ask ourselves what really matters in our own lives.”
Okay sooooo….even though I’m not her biggest fan…I didn’t 100 percent hate this book.
I’m very interested in how people’s childhood experiences shape and mold their adult lives, especially how they are impacted by family relationships and loss.
I could actually relate to some of the issues she realized in adulthood that she hadn’t completely dealt with from losing her older brother at such a young age in her childhood.
But some of the book I wasn’t crazy interested in…
like her nonstop obsessive talk about her dogs and also her extensive recreational pharmaceutical knowledge.
Basically I think if you’re a fan of hers, you’ll probably love this book.
If you’re not, you’ll probably either dislike it or just kinda be on the fence about it like I am.
I really don’t have too many words to say about this read honestly.
My final thoughts on it: 🤷♀️