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This was good! Actually quite interesting and funny!
I love her and I love her podcast. It was wonderful to get a bit more insight into her and her life before she was famous. If you’re a fan of her I highly recommend this autobiography!
This was exactly the fun and fast read I was hoping it would be! I love how Anna writes like she is talking to you like you're best friends. I was a bit surprised at first by how open she is, but that's what makes this book so hilarious. I had many outbursts of laughter while reading this. I would absolutely recommend this to any Anna Faris fan.
I've never seen anything that Anna is in, but picked up this book because I heard she wrote about having a preemie son and I was interested in her experience. For the most part, it appears that she got herself a book deal, had no idea how to fill 300 pages, and even admits at the end that her vocabulary is limited. There is a lot of vague (and sometimes contradictory) relationship advice and very few, if any, laughs.
Anna Faris is a sweet, honest, intelligent, empathetic human and I love her.
This book won't win awards or break new ground, but there's still a place for it, and I really enjoyed it. I'd listened to a couple episodes of her Unqualified podcast before, which were surprisingly not annoying like I thought they'd be.
Anna has unfortunately been typecast in Hollywood as the hot blonde girl who's ditsy and vulnerable. In real life she's anything but. She has an English degree, is smart as a whip, and has always had aspirations to become a serious actress. It's a shame her most well-known roles are in the Scary Movie franchise, The House Bunny, and some other mediocre romcoms I've never seen. (Not a genre I generally like.)
Unqualified starts with a foreword written by her ex-husband Chris Pratt. It's amusing and beautiful. I don't know much about their relationship, but it sounds like their marriage ended in an amicable way. They still respect each other, and are devoted to raising their son. So the book immediately starts off on a good foot.
I hadn't realized the content was mostly relationship/love advice, which was dumb of me considering that's what her podcast of the same name is about. (And it's in the synopsis for chrissake.) At this point in my life, as my heart still heals from a difficult breakup, this book was a soothing balm. She talks about bad relationships, knowing what you deserve, how to get over a breakup, and a lot more. I love the bits where she reads the answers she got from a question she posted on Facebook.
For example, my favorite answer to one of the questions--what's your love mantra?--is this one:
Anna's own love mantra is worth remembering: "Protect your heart."
If you're having relationship woes--whether you have a crappy boyfriend or your long-term relationship ended and you feel utterly sad and lost--read this book. Or if you just like Anna Faris and want to learn more about her--read this book. The insight I got into her life made me like her so much more.
Alright, I'm off to listen to some more of her podcast. My broken heart needs more of that balm.
This book won't win awards or break new ground, but there's still a place for it, and I really enjoyed it. I'd listened to a couple episodes of her Unqualified podcast before, which were surprisingly not annoying like I thought they'd be.
Anna has unfortunately been typecast in Hollywood as the hot blonde girl who's ditsy and vulnerable. In real life she's anything but. She has an English degree, is smart as a whip, and has always had aspirations to become a serious actress. It's a shame her most well-known roles are in the Scary Movie franchise, The House Bunny, and some other mediocre romcoms I've never seen. (Not a genre I generally like.)
Unqualified starts with a foreword written by her ex-husband Chris Pratt. It's amusing and beautiful. I don't know much about their relationship, but it sounds like their marriage ended in an amicable way. They still respect each other, and are devoted to raising their son. So the book immediately starts off on a good foot.
I hadn't realized the content was mostly relationship/love advice, which was dumb of me considering that's what her podcast of the same name is about. (And it's in the synopsis for chrissake.) At this point in my life, as my heart still heals from a difficult breakup, this book was a soothing balm. She talks about bad relationships, knowing what you deserve, how to get over a breakup, and a lot more. I love the bits where she reads the answers she got from a question she posted on Facebook.
For example, my favorite answer to one of the questions--what's your love mantra?--is this one:
"My favorite professor always used the quote, 'Don’t let anyone rent space in your head unless they’re a good tenant.' I like changing head to heart."
Anna's own love mantra is worth remembering: "Protect your heart."
If you're having relationship woes--whether you have a crappy boyfriend or your long-term relationship ended and you feel utterly sad and lost--read this book. Or if you just like Anna Faris and want to learn more about her--read this book. The insight I got into her life made me like her so much more.
Alright, I'm off to listen to some more of her podcast. My broken heart needs more of that balm.
I loved reading this. I think Anna Faris is awesome, and the book just reinforces that opinion. I don't exactly agree with ALL of her advice, but I think most of it is really great, and I really enjoyed the stories she shares.
emotional
funny
reflective
medium-paced
If there's one thing I'm grateful for, it's that this book is called Unqualified. I don't have everything figured out, and I don't think I ever will. I couldn't even conceive of the feeling of being qualified. Feeling unqualified is in my build. It's hard-coded in my DNA. I'll never not feel fear when I put myself out there, but that's okay. I'll keep doing things I have no right to do, because I don't like wading in the shallow end. I'd rather get pushed into the deep end and then attempt to touch the bottom. That's just how I operate.
I know Anna Faris is a comedy actress (and so much more), but I had no idea she was so funny. I enjoyed her self-deprecating sense of humour, her honesty, her willingness to put herself out there, how she's unapologetically herself, and how she shares the intimate and raw moments of her life that make her come across as so... human than just celebrity. The chapter about Jack being born premature really got to me.
Oh and have I mentioned how how funny she is? Off to watch Scary Movie, bye!
What I'm saying is that I can't take it all too seriously. Especially as people are snapping my photo, it's hard for me not to think, 'Can't you see my flaws? I don't deserve this. I think that's why I always look the slightest bit awkward in red-carpet photos. I don't know how to hold my face, and I always have my mouth just slightly open. You're supposed to pose your leg or hold your jaw in a certain way, but I can't bring myself to do it. It feels so not me. I'm the one blowing a kiss to photographers, which drives my publicist crazy. It's a silly move, and my publicist, God bless her, just wants me to be perceived as a serious actress. But even if I attempted to be calculated and glamorous and look like a Hollywood untouchable on the red carpet, someone would catch me picking my nose, so why even pretend? (Can you imagine a photo of Angelina Jolie digging for a booger at the Oscars? No. That's why she really is an untouchable, and I'm me.) There's a perception that if you take yourself seriously on the red carpet, then the industry in general will take you more seriously. Well, except Jennifer Lawrence. She, to her credit, doesn't take herself seriously, and is still considered the pinnacle of a serious actress. But she wasn't in Scary Movie 1, 2, 3, and 4, and she's the face of Dior. I had a Jergens self-tanning campaign once.
funny
slow-paced
That foreword is the best. :)
I enjoyed the movies that Anna Faris starred in and reading this heightened my admiration for her. It was a light and fun read but heavy in content especially when you think of the things she's been through. As a reader, I can feel honesty from this book.
I enjoyed the movies that Anna Faris starred in and reading this heightened my admiration for her. It was a light and fun read but heavy in content especially when you think of the things she's been through. As a reader, I can feel honesty from this book.