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katyboo52's review against another edition
3.0
I like Sarah Silverman as a comedian. I think her engagement in the political arena in recent years has been really interesting and it has been particularly fascinating to watch her grow and change as she enters deeper into that particular arena. I think I read this book too late. It was published in 2009 and I am not sure that she would have written it in quite the same way had it been published in 2020. It was interesting to read about her take on comedy that is sometimes deemed politically incorrect and I agree with some of what she says, but there are areas which come across as a little tone deaf. At times she talks about really deep and to me, interesting things, but just as she's beginning to explore them, you get a fart joke and suddenly it's all stand up routines and surface stuff and that was tricky to navigate. It felt uneven in tone and that actually there were two books in there but only enough word count for one.
kmpierce5's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 stars. A few laugh out loud moments. She's crass... big on potty humor. If you know that and are ok with it, you'll like it!
howifeelaboutbooks's review against another edition
4.0
I've been reading a lot of funny memoirs lately, but Silverman takes the cake. It seems wrong to describe her humor as "subtle" since she's so over the top, but that's exactly what I'd say about this book. Instead of showcasing the joke in each paragraph, Silverman tucks one into each sentence so you read over it and are laughing before you realize what the joke was. When you read over the sentence, you're cracking up for a good five minutes before you can continue on. It's a straight-forward memoir, starting, appropriately, with her childhood problem of wetting the bed and continuing on to her teenage problem of wetting the bed. We're right along with her as she breaks into comedy, still occasionally wetting the bed.
urfavgothlibrarian's review against another edition
2.0
I could take this or leave it. I enjoy her standup but this one didn’t age well.
racheltanza's review against another edition
3.0
It was amusing. A quick read. I definitely like Sarah Silverman better after reading it.
jennymatthews's review against another edition
2.0
I love Sarah Silverman but this book didn't age well.
She also said the word towhead like 7 times and as a blonde that was so many times haha
She also said the word towhead like 7 times and as a blonde that was so many times haha
jakezuke's review against another edition
4.0
Nice little book. Was a lot of fun to listen to. As I like to get some learning out of anything I read, I got two lifelong lessons I'll take with me forever.
First, "make it a treat". It's a great mantra to encourage keeping things that are special in your life special. I love that.
Second, "it's not the premise but the process". When people try to emulate the magic of something, they mistakenly go for the premise. But the brilliance isn't the thing (or the setting or the premise) but rather it's the process, or what it takes to make it. It's not worth getting upset or worried if others are copying what you are doing. They can't match your process. That's what makes what you make brilliant.
Thanks for these, Sarah.
First, "make it a treat". It's a great mantra to encourage keeping things that are special in your life special. I love that.
Second, "it's not the premise but the process". When people try to emulate the magic of something, they mistakenly go for the premise. But the brilliance isn't the thing (or the setting or the premise) but rather it's the process, or what it takes to make it. It's not worth getting upset or worried if others are copying what you are doing. They can't match your process. That's what makes what you make brilliant.
Thanks for these, Sarah.
arbitrariecanarie's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.25