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hmarie224's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
4.0
I listened to this as an audiobook and let me just say, this is how it was meant to be “read”! It was great that she had different people come and read and she had banter back and forth with the guest readers. There were other audio clips and the last chapter was actually her recording at a live show. Overall enjoyed it, but I do think it would have been better if I had listened to it years ago closer to when it was released (2014)
jvmilks's review against another edition
3.0
Amy Poehler's adorable and very genuine. I only recently started watching Parks & Rec, which is the most exposure I've had to Poehler's acting aside from a few SNL clips. Yes Please is a good, light read (or listen).
greta_macionyte's review against another edition
5.0
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Amy Poehler autobiografinė knyga „Yes please“ – viena laukiamiausių mano knygų šį rudenį. Ją gavusi nekantravau atsiversti ir pradėti skaityti. „Saturday Night Live“ ir „Parks and Recreation“ žvaigždė atvirai ir šmaikščiai pasakoja savo gyvenimo istorijas ir dalija praktinius patarimus. Skaičiau su pasimėgavimu ir tyliai kikendama. „Rašyti knygą yra sunku“, neslėpė autorė, todėl kai kuriuos skyrius jai parašyti padėjo jos draugai ir artimieji. Jei esat Amy gerbėjai – ši knyga turėtų atsirasti „būtina perskaityti“ lentynoje. Jei su jos darbais nesat pažįstami – stipriai rekomenduoju pasidomėti, įsimylėti ją ir tada perskaityti knygą (arba galite pradėti nuo knygos skaitymo). Įdomi, lengva ir linksma – puikus skaitinys niūriems rudenio vakarams praskaidrinti.
Amy Poehler autobiografinė knyga „Yes please“ – viena laukiamiausių mano knygų šį rudenį. Ją gavusi nekantravau atsiversti ir pradėti skaityti. „Saturday Night Live“ ir „Parks and Recreation“ žvaigždė atvirai ir šmaikščiai pasakoja savo gyvenimo istorijas ir dalija praktinius patarimus. Skaičiau su pasimėgavimu ir tyliai kikendama. „Rašyti knygą yra sunku“, neslėpė autorė, todėl kai kuriuos skyrius jai parašyti padėjo jos draugai ir artimieji. Jei esat Amy gerbėjai – ši knyga turėtų atsirasti „būtina perskaityti“ lentynoje. Jei su jos darbais nesat pažįstami – stipriai rekomenduoju pasidomėti, įsimylėti ją ir tada perskaityti knygą (arba galite pradėti nuo knygos skaitymo). Įdomi, lengva ir linksma – puikus skaitinys niūriems rudenio vakarams praskaidrinti.
mizzonyo's review against another edition
5.0
she’s a goddamn delight. her chapter on divorce had me cackling for ages and ages.
harrisonarachel's review against another edition
4.0
Love Amy, it was so awesome learning about where she came from. To know your idol’s have worked so freaking hard to get to where they are is so humbling and just reminds me that I need to get off my ass because things can happens for me too!
njdarkish's review against another edition
2.0
This book was okay. Part of my general meh-ness about this book comes from the fact that it really wasn't what I expected it to be, but there are some other problems with it, as well.
When you see a memoir by the delightfully funny Amy Poehler, you expect laugh throughout it. Or, at least, to get her thoughts on the craft of being a humorist. Heck, even just a book of poignant thoughts and moments. But this book didn't really deliver on any of those fronts. There are a few charmingly humorous moments, but even those weren't really delivered in a way that brought laughter. You get piecemeal bits of her career in humor, but not much of what she thinks about humor. There are some lovely little bits about her love of her sons or on friendship, but those heartwarming moments were quite sparse.
Instead, we get a very disorganized-feeling book with snippets of her career in SNL, then a bit of her as a kid, then the Boston improv scene, then bits on being pregnant, then her marriage ending, then Parks and Rec, all jumbled together like a mis-flavored jambalaya. It never feels like she's ever really building to anything, or really even has an idea of what she wants to say or how she wants to say things. She regularly complains about how writing is hard and terrible, but not in a way that makes you smile. By the dozenth complaint, I rolled my eyes and thought, "then leave writing books to people who love it." Don't get me wrong, I still love the writing she does in the context of TV and film, but you can tell that about a chapter into the book she decided she really didn't like writing a memoir and wanted to stop but didn't out of some contractual obligation. And, probably, the knowledge that she was going to make a big pile of money off the book sales.
Most of her stories aren't really interesting. A lot of the stories feel like stories you hear recounted by friends who were there but that you feel no connection to. She rarely went introspective enough into parts where she might shed some important or helpful insight about things like vulnerability, pain, or loss, and instead would jump to talking about how good of friends she is with Seth Meyers (for the zillionth time). Plus, she spent almost no time at all talking about the part of her career I was most interested in hearing anecdotes from (Parks and Rec).
I don't know. I just didn't really care for it.
When you see a memoir by the delightfully funny Amy Poehler, you expect laugh throughout it. Or, at least, to get her thoughts on the craft of being a humorist. Heck, even just a book of poignant thoughts and moments. But this book didn't really deliver on any of those fronts. There are a few charmingly humorous moments, but even those weren't really delivered in a way that brought laughter. You get piecemeal bits of her career in humor, but not much of what she thinks about humor. There are some lovely little bits about her love of her sons or on friendship, but those heartwarming moments were quite sparse.
Instead, we get a very disorganized-feeling book with snippets of her career in SNL, then a bit of her as a kid, then the Boston improv scene, then bits on being pregnant, then her marriage ending, then Parks and Rec, all jumbled together like a mis-flavored jambalaya. It never feels like she's ever really building to anything, or really even has an idea of what she wants to say or how she wants to say things. She regularly complains about how writing is hard and terrible, but not in a way that makes you smile. By the dozenth complaint, I rolled my eyes and thought, "then leave writing books to people who love it." Don't get me wrong, I still love the writing she does in the context of TV and film, but you can tell that about a chapter into the book she decided she really didn't like writing a memoir and wanted to stop but didn't out of some contractual obligation. And, probably, the knowledge that she was going to make a big pile of money off the book sales.
Most of her stories aren't really interesting. A lot of the stories feel like stories you hear recounted by friends who were there but that you feel no connection to. She rarely went introspective enough into parts where she might shed some important or helpful insight about things like vulnerability, pain, or loss, and instead would jump to talking about how good of friends she is with Seth Meyers (for the zillionth time). Plus, she spent almost no time at all talking about the part of her career I was most interested in hearing anecdotes from (Parks and Rec).
I don't know. I just didn't really care for it.