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jjthejets's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
4.0
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.
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.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent, Pregnancy, Excrement, Miscarriage, and Vomit
Moderate: Drug use
Minor: Cancer and Alcohol
ejhurl22's review against another edition
5.0
Ali Wong is by far one of the funniest comedians ever and I honestly have never laughed so loud in my life reading a book! I wanna be best friends with Ali now ! So that’s my new life’s mission
holly_lockhead's review against another edition
1.0
If I am being honest I should have expected this. I genuinely enjoy Ali’s stand up, but need to be in the right mood for raunchy (objectively she is the only raunchy comedian I enjoy) and her book was alot more of it. If you are a fan of hers I would recommend this book via audiobook, but if you don’t already love her then this will fall flat. I appreciate that you can tell she wrote it (clearly no ghost writer) but that also means… it’s generally bad. Comedy doesn’t always translate to the page and that ok. Basically, the audiobook got me through a long drive but didn’t make traffic enjoyable.
misharp's review against another edition
3.0
Some very funny portions, but her comedic style just didn't hit as well in written form.
skoochagian's review against another edition
5.0
This book made me laugh out loud multiple times. Doing these types of books as audiobooks make it sound like a podcast, and it was something lighthearted that I thoroughly enjoyed!
sguinn13's review against another edition
emotional
funny
informative
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
3.5
the_bookish_blondie1's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
4.0