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bellsdixon's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Fatphobia, and Sexism
Moderate: Death and Cancer
Minor: Sexual assault
lindsayerin's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Fatphobia and Eating disorder
svmreads's review against another edition
funny
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Fatphobia
keriandterireads's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
sad
fast-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Fatphobia
kitwhelan's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
4.0
She’s such a brilliant writer, I laughed out loud multiple times. I love this collection of essays. However, there is some pretty intense fatphobia and some insensitive statements (like referring to “Africa” repeatedly as if it’s a country) that a privileged white lady in 2006 would make. I was surprised that, in this series mining her life for comedy and insight, she never acknowledges the weirdness that her family had a cook growing up. But it’s a fascinating look into a celebrated writer’s life and I would definitely recommend it, especially to other writers!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Fatphobia
berodatheelf's review against another edition
emotional
funny
inspiring
fast-paced
5.0
Witty and insightful- this is filled with quotes I want to highlight and annotate. I want to press this book into the hands of my friends and hear their thoughts. Can't wait to reread this
Content Warnings
Minor: Cancer, Death, Fatphobia, and Pregnancy
claudiajean's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Fatphobia
marydith's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
fast-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Fatphobia
chandle5's review against another edition
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
4.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Death
bookedbymadeline's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
informative
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
4.0
Not for every woman, shows a level of rich, white privilege but it is memoirish so it’s about her own problems but not always relatable. Not the type of feminist centered writing I expected but instead looked at the more mundane “issues” Ephron reflected on like how she “had to get her hair and nails done twice a week to feel good.”
Despite the above, it was nice to have a lighter, funny approach to the ideas of womanhood compared to the serious often dark tragedies that comes with being a woman.
Short quick read and quite enjoyable despite some moments of privilege and fatphobia.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Fatphobia, and Body shaming
Moderate: Grief
Minor: Death of parent, Infidelity, and Rape
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