Bonnie G.'s Reviews > I'm Down

This book was straight up disturbing. I make jokes about things that are sad or embarrassing as part of my processing. I am a fan of rather dark humor. Still, there are some things I can't laugh at, and I am glad of it. On that list are child abuse, child endangerment, child neglect, abandonment, domestic violence, people who are so lazy they leech off the system rather than getting off their asses and going to work, etc. I am a Marc Maron fan, so I expected a delightfully screwed up archness here from his ex-wife, but all I got was sadness and rationalization from a woman twice as damaged and half as clever as she thinks.

Additionally, this book is not about what it purports to be about. It is about class-divisions (which is good fodder for a better book) rather than the complications of living "Black" (whatever that means.) Based on the cover blurbs from publications as unsophisticated as Entertainment Weekly and as dull as Time Magazine that hailed it as hilarious it would appear it is just me, but I really don't think so.