The Harm in Asking: My Clumsy Encounters with the Human Race by Sara Barron
Rating: 3 Stars
Description: Sara Barron lets us in on her awkward childhood, adolescence and early adulthood. And it is very very awkward. She covers everything to envying her little brother with asthma as a child, to spending a summer in France as a teenager where things don't go quite as expected and all the way to her father having to take care of her after a bike accident when she's in her early 30s.
Genre: Humor
My Impression: Humor books are a tricky genre for me. There's a thin line between being actually funny and being too something - either vulgar, pretentious, mean or just trying to hard. Luckily for me Barron managed to walk that line with extremely awkward ease. She's easy to identify with as a girl who has visions of the way things are supposed to be and they never quite turn out that way. Overall, it was funny, entertaining and interesting. It'd be a good beach or airplane read.
Would I Read More of this Series/Author?: Yes
Would I Recommend this Book?: Yes
Always good to have a good beach read!
ReplyDeleteIt is! This one was a fun read.
DeleteI am so glad this one worked for you! I am hard to please when it comes to humor books--like you, I find the line is thin too. I will have to look for this one.
ReplyDeleteHave you read Mindy Kaling's book? I thought it was funny and she had a lot of interesting things to say.
DeleteKatherine, I haven't read Mindy Kaling's book. I will have to since you recommend it. Thank you. :-)
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