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

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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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greenek3's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted medium-paced

2.5

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leweylibrary's review against another edition

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emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

I obviously don't like kids, so the entire premise of the book was a bit meh for me 😬 but I did think it made for good structure for the book that was a lot more interesting and engaging than a chronological detailing of her life. I did also like the bit from her husband at the end, although that also felt a little weird? Almost like he had to defend her and their relationship? Also there was one relatively lengthy section in which there was waaaaay too much discussion about all the ways children are disgusting.

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