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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
It was funny and had mostly good stories. Some of the stories were a bit much or sort of not my taste.
sometimes effectively witty but mostly just reeking of privilege and clichés
funny
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Goodness she is funny! Needed something lighthearted and loved this one.
Sincere but intensely insecure navel-gazing comedian memoir.
This memoir on audiobook was a meandering, self-involved fluffball - it was easy to listen to while driving, distracting me enough from traffic but not engrossing my entire mind. I like Klein's sense of humor and I've enjoyed her on NPR and other places so I could take her self-involvement with a grain of salt.
This memoir on audiobook was a meandering, self-involved fluffball - it was easy to listen to while driving, distracting me enough from traffic but not engrossing my entire mind. I like Klein's sense of humor and I've enjoyed her on NPR and other places so I could take her self-involvement with a grain of salt.
I never know how to rate autobiography’s. I had no clue who this woman was but she makes me feel ok for being me. I can relate to her but not towards the end bc I don’t want children haha.
Laugh out loud funny. The chapter in her 28th birthday at Disney World is still making me cry laugh and I’ve read it aloud to multiple friends.
I'm a little mixed about this book. On the one hand, the chapters that I enjoyed I really, really enjoyed. I did laugh out loud (on the bus!) a few times. And I felt a little bond with the author, reading about some of her life trials. My favorite chapter by far was about her path to becoming a comedian, and then I also enjoyed reading about her relationship with her husband and her fertility issues.
But some of the chapters were just tedious, because we have certain superficial similarities but on a deeper level we think differently (mostly the girl/gender stuff- I call BS on her being an actual tom-man, HA! she doesn't know from tom-man- I give her credit for the term, but no she is not really one). And when I read a memoir I guess I'm looking for the similarities, to feel like I get this person at a deep level, even if we don't look alike. But in this case we sort of do look alike, but I can never imagine wanting some of the things she has wanted.. but that's not really a failing of the book, is it?
Jessi is a good writer. No doubt of that. It's a pleasure to read her writing.
But some of the chapters were just tedious, because we have certain superficial similarities but on a deeper level we think differently (mostly the girl/gender stuff- I call BS on her being an actual tom-man, HA! she doesn't know from tom-man- I give her credit for the term, but no she is not really one). And when I read a memoir I guess I'm looking for the similarities, to feel like I get this person at a deep level, even if we don't look alike. But in this case we sort of do look alike, but I can never imagine wanting some of the things she has wanted.. but that's not really a failing of the book, is it?
Jessi is a good writer. No doubt of that. It's a pleasure to read her writing.
reflective
slow-paced
While some of her jokes and sarcastic delivery were funny (obviously she’s a decent writer!) this is just one of those books that felt like it didn’t need to be written, or has an audience so small (specifically upper class white women living in New York) that it’s irrelevant for most readers. Harsh but true!
Four and a half stars. Not quite a 5, but definitely more than a 4. Laugh-out loud funny at times and totally relevant to me (the bit about her hands looking older and her fingers looking like those of a wise old tree voiced by Morgan Freeman in a cartoon hit a little too close to home). Amy Schumer better hope her upcoming book is this funny.