Reviews for Life's Too Short And So Am I

The average rating for Life's Too Short And So Am I based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2014-08-27 00:00:00 Valerian Legah The title Good Eggs is a play on her struggles with infertility and the "good eggs"--friends, family--in her life that have made it meaningful. It is about being happy in spite of not getting what you want. I liked it, didn't love it, but Phoebe is increasingly likable. Maybe her relationship with her husband is the best part of the memoir. She shares other stuff--her work in Chiapas, her struggles with depression, her relationship with her mother, and others--to show that the struggle to be happy can be a long one. As a graphic memoir it feels artistically cramped--the panels are crammed with stuff, no room to breathe; I didn't love the art, really. The publisher's plug talks about it in the same vein as Fun Home and Persepolis but it is not nearly at that level. As a story it is all over the place, it deals with more than it needs to (I mean not all the anecdotes seem to be germane to the apparent central purpose), but overall it is pleasant and interesting and sometimes pretty funny and she seems nice even through her struggles.

Review # 2 was written on 2014-10-08 00:00:00 Mearl Cooper There is something about the desperation that comes with wanting to have children (if you want to have children) that makes you blind to other people's life experiences. Like this. Is this really what straight people think about queer fertility and desire to make a family "unnaturally"? I mean, it's laughable except... I think she's serious? So, I hate you too, Phoebe Potts. I wanted to like this book, but I couldn't.