Reviews tagging 'Excrement'

Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, & Advice for Living Your Best Life by Ali Wong

9 reviews

crybabybea's review against another edition

3.75

I went into this knowing nothing about Ali Wong and also knowing nothing about stand-up comedy, so I wasn't exactly the target audience for this memoir, but I still surprisingly had a fun time and enjoyed listening to it. 

I'm not a super big fan of raunchy/dirty comedy, but I found Ali Wong's approach kind of endearing and wholesome. She makes herself the butt of jokes before anyone else can, and it makes her come across as very open-minded and shame-free. I think her comedic approach really worked well for a memoir written as a letter to her daughters. As terrifying as it would be to read about your mom's sexcapades and fecal matter, there were a lot of truly heartfelt moments that broke up the overwhelming amount of poop jokes (seriously, there's lots of poop). But the whole thing was just filled with a tone of passion and genuine love and I found it moving despite the over-the-top comedy. 

She briefly touched on some more political topics, like how she defines her identity as an Asian-American woman in a male-dominated career field, but it wasn't the main focus and I enjoyed that each absolutely unhinged story circled back around to a word of advice for her girls.

I found her narration in the audiobook to be super entertaining too and made it easy to keep listening.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Pregnancy, Excrement, Miscarriage, and Vomit

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Cancer and Alcohol

mari1532's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced

5.0

This is a reread of this book for me. I had purchased this book when it came out and devoured it immediately. Now I am on a quest to read all of the physical books that I own in some way. I needed a beautifully written and funny read so I immediately went back to this book.

Wong is such a brilliant, honest comedian that every minute of this book is fantastic and heartwarming. Although I have to say I did not like the graphic description of the long pinky fingernail...it's so descriptive it makes me gag every time.

Wong's detailing of her experiences for her daughters (and the general public) is an enjoyable read. I truly loved her discussion of how she met her (now ex) husband and how they fell in love and decided to have their two daughters. I also think that her current relationship with the father of her children is beautiful. Too often people disparage their exes and sometimes that can be called for, but the ability of Wong to openly discuss how she remains friends with her exes is so refreshing. 

If you are looking for a great memoir to read and/or are a fan of Wong's other work I would highly recommend this book!       

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Pregnancy, and Sexual content

Minor: Death of parent

heatherjchin's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Excrement, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Sexual content, Sexism, and Xenophobia

Minor: Eating disorder, Trafficking, Blood, Fatphobia, Vomit, and Racial slurs

amandacssingh's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Sexual content, and Pregnancy

Minor: Death of parent, Eating disorder, and Miscarriage

katrinarose's review against another edition

funny inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Excrement, Medical content, Miscarriage, Bullying, Cursing, Death of parent, Drug use, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual content, Vomit, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Classism, Animal death, Blood, and Grief

Minor: Eating disorder and Adult/minor relationship

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

funny informative lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

3.5

This was cute. It's a little sad reading after she and her husband filed for divorce, but it's a very cute idea to leave something for your kiddos.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Excrement, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Death of parent, Drug use, Blood, Fatphobia, Infertility, and Racial slurs

Minor: Eating disorder and Vomit

Folks who like her comedy will like this book.

jessthanthree's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Body shaming, Racism, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, and Racial slurs

Minor: Excrement

joyfromhope's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

3.5

This book was not what I was expecting. Because it was titled "Dear Girls" and written for her daughters, I thought it would be targeted more towards young women. Instead, it really read more like a detailed, raunchy, autobiography. I probably would have enjoyed it more if I had understood the true purpose of the book, however overall I thought it leaned a bit too heavily on bringing in explicit sexual information as a gag even when talking about other things. Some of the stories were really moving, especially when she talked about her mother and learning more about where she was from, but I'm not sure who I would recommend this book for.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Excrement, and Sexual content

Minor: Drug use

marieketron's review against another edition

funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

3.5

This book may be awkward to read if you’re actually a daughter of Ali Wong, but it packs some practical life lessons and wraps them up in a lot raunchy humour sprinkled with sincere support. I liked the touch of her husband adding and reading the afterword (the voice sounds very sexy). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Miscarriage, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Racial slurs, Sexism, Terminal illness, Vomit, and Cancer

Minor: Ableism, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Excrement, Fatphobia, and Grief