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3.38 AVERAGE
3.38 AVERAGE
Although hilarious in parts, it sort of felt like Silverman didn't really want to write a book and was rushing to finish it for her editor. Her childhood stories endeared her to me, but even more so had me missing Tina Fey and Mindy Kaling and their books.
lighthearted
Hilarious! If you love Sarah, you'll love this book. She puts it all out there. Funny look at her as child and rising to stardom. Who knew!
Sarah Silverman is very good comic. She also comes off as very likeable. She is not, however, a good writer. Or perhaps I should say she is not a good book writer because parts of this book are laugh out loud funny, endearing, interesting and even poignant. As a book however, it is uneven in every conceivable way – tone, style, voice, pacing …
However, if you aren’t expecting a literary classic (and why would you be) or a soul baring in-depth autobiography, then I recommend it for the laughs, the behind the scenes views of Saturday Night Live and The Sarah Silverman Show and of course, for the name dropping.
However, if you aren’t expecting a literary classic (and why would you be) or a soul baring in-depth autobiography, then I recommend it for the laughs, the behind the scenes views of Saturday Night Live and The Sarah Silverman Show and of course, for the name dropping.
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.
She is funny and it's a real joy to hear her read her own memoir. I don't know how New Hampshire turned out a hilarious lady, but I'm sure glad it did!
funny
medium-paced
I needed something to read while waiting for library holds to come in and this book was available from CPL for Kindle lending, so I picked it up. I laughed out loud multiple times and read it during two commutes, but it was just ok.
While I've watched a few episodes of TSSP and really enjoyed them, I haven't always been a huge Sarah Silverman fan. I picked this up because I've been reading so many other female comedian books, I figured I might as well try this one. Now that I'm finished, the book has turned me into a Sarah Silverman fan. She's self-deprecating, funny and thoughtful. I have a greater appreciation for her comedy and what she is trying to do. That being said, this book suffers from the same problem that Mindy Kaling's did - the first half (about Sarah's childhood and path to comedy) were so good. She was really honest about her depression and childhood problems wetting the bed. The half of the book that covered more recent years were kind of surface though. She talked about some big moments but I guess not enough time has passed for her to be able to be really really honest so it was a bit superficial. Enjoyable but it wasn't as honest as the first part.