Classic. After I said I was going to write every day I immediately forgot and here we are four days later.
But here we go.
SPOILERS TO “THIS IS US” FIRST SEASON.
Now, I knew I was going to like this book immediately because I really like Chrissy Metz as a human. (Not that I know her in real life. What an assumption I made based off of interviews and the like!)
I’ll admit that I don’t fully like her character in This Is Us and it’s because of one thing.
After her father went back into their burning house and saved her dog because she was losing her mind crying because the dog was stuck and dying, she did something unforgivable.
(Hello. Who WOULDN’T be LOSING THEIR SHIT AT THAT. I would’ve gone back in for my dog in a HEARTBEAT.)
After Jack dies: SHE STARTS HATING ON HER DOG.
EXCUSE YOU!!!
Your dog didn’t kill him. Don’t you dare pin that on a dog! It was just a horrible circumstance.
If my dad died saving my dog I would be like YOU’RE A HERO JOE. AND GOD BLESS YOU FOR SAVING MY SWEET ANGEL DEXTER. AND I WOULD LOVE THAT DOG MORE BECAUSE MY DAD SAVED HER FOR ME AND I WOULD NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS BLAME A DOG FOR THE DEMISE OF MY FATHER.
Unless Dexter tripped him on the way out the door and somehow kicked it behind her and my dad got trapped and burned to death.
THEN I would probably be like “Damn it Goose you fluffy adorable murderer.” (We call Dexter ‘Goose’ because she gooses your bum when you come in the door like a perverted old man.)
Wait. I’m supposed to be talking about a book. Not why I don’t like Kate. Or at least, teenage Kate.
THIS BOOK WAS LOVELY.
It gives you the feels. It makes you feel like you have a comrade in arms. It makes you feel like you aren’t alone in feeling like you are a fat piece of trash and then she lifts you right back up to show you how you are BEAUTIFUL and MAJESTIC and everything is just as it should be. No matter what size you are you are fucking amazing. You hear me?!
Chrissy’s writing was full of heart and kindness, and past self-deprecation and it was lovely.
Plus I love seeing women living their dreams on their terms and how they became that way.
She is a fucking star and amazing.
But teenage Kate can get bent. Ya hear me?
Constant vigilance.
The Deranged Librarian 