Funny Thing Is…By Ellen DeGeneres




The “Funny Thing Is…”, is an ingenious effort, a book of comical essays on daily musings and ramblings. Comical books are mostly at a danger of sounding grotesque and outlandish, but this definitely didn’t go bizarre. It wasn’t an indispensable but definitely a one-time-read!


Ellen DeGeneres, has written about stances to be adopted in real life instances. The subtle-nuances in the book, went a tad imperceptible for me, though they are woven with sarcasm, but the chucklings acquired in the first-half of the book, succumbed to ennui, by the second half.

Light-hearted folks would love it was a one-time read, but wallflowers and serious-minded, might grapple to enjoy.

There are witty insights and light-hearted ribbings, but second half onwards the efforts sounded impetuous, hurried to finish the book!

Millennials, born in the generation of ipads, may find it a tad outdated. For instance, they may find citing of tangled and wired phones as obsolete and unrelatable. But 80s populace would find it very much relatable!

Book is primarily about circumventing or finding ways out of the daily confusions, events of embarrassments, or events that go oblique.

I am ambivalent if her efforts of jolly-well wallowing in the daily musings and ramblings paid off well for the majority. I lean towards a 3 to 3.5 stars! A one-time happy succinct text with sporadic fits of laughter!

NB-

If you are one of those readers, who always seek for some insight, bent upon deriving some insight, be it a trifle, then it is definitely a worthwhile one-time read.

The aspiring comical-writers/authors, should definitely read it atleast once. They may get a good take-away on creative writings wearing a logical-comical charade of daily-life musings and ramblings.

I so much wish if the book was packaged better.
Post the read my brain had to enforce itself to gather all I could in a flowchart, coz of the lack of structure.

Few of the noticeable citings/text from the book-

• You know, it's hard work to write a book. I can't tell you how many times I really get going on an idea, then my quill breaks. Or I spill ink all over my writing tunic. No wonder I drink so much! Then I get so drunk, I can barely feed the baby.
That's what I call myself when I'm drunk, "The Baby.

• Start thinking positively. You will notice a difference. Instead of 'I think I'm a loser,' try 'I definitely am a loser.' Stop being wishy-washy about things! How much more of a loser can you be if you don't even know you are one? Either you are a loser or you are not. Which is it, stupid?

• There are all sorts of books offering advice on how to deal with life-threatening situations, but where's the advice on dealing with embarrassing ones?
• Gratitude is looking on the brighter side of life, even if it means hurting your eyes.
• ...there are a lot of self-righteous people out there. And if you try to adjust your life to please them...you're just going to go crazy and risk being as unhappy as these self-righteous kooks are.
Finally…
• Enjoy your life. God gave us our bodies as a gift. (Granted, to some of us it's kind of a gag gift, but that's okay too.) Wear what you want, love who you want, and have fun.

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