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3.64 AVERAGE
3.64 AVERAGE
disclaimer: i’ve never heard of Issa Rae && i’m an American 19 year old white girl.. i can’t even pretend to understand the experiences Issa Rae writes about (which is why my google search history consists of “pressed hair”, “types of black womens hair”, “Issa Rae shows”), but i can 100% relate to her cringey white girl dance skills and self proclaimed awkwardness. Issa Rae embraces her awkward, which she explains in straightforward humor that demands respect. No amount of awkwardness is held back, from her middle school online catfishing to her hoe tendencies (in her own words). Multiple essays create the chapters of this book, allowing Issa Rae to cover all the topics she has something to say about, but feeling kinda choppy & disconnected. This read only took me a couple days (thx to a long car ride & day at the softball fields) and while i expected it to be a light, funny read, i was definitely lost when i finished her chapter on coworkers and realized i had finished the book.. i think i missed the reasoning behind such a (appearing) superficial ending :\
I was so excited to read this book since I love insecure and was really interested in hearing more about her life. There are some high points in this quick read but some of the stereotyping was so cringe worthy that I just can’t bring myself to give it more than 2 stars.
This came up as recommended on my audio shelf guessing because I enjoy memoirs. This was a good listen.
I love her show.. and listening to her talk about her up bringing was just fun. I could relate to a lot of her introverted stories. “I’d rather stick my tongue down a throat than hold hands”
I'm rounding up from a 3 1/2 star rating.
I loved her sense of humor and I could relate to her experiences, being an awkward Asian girl. But when I heard her say "chinky eyes", it broke my heart. Because who hasn't said something stupid before? I still think she's hilarious. I will still watch her show. But I hope someone tells her those words are hurtful, no matter what the context.
I loved her sense of humor and I could relate to her experiences, being an awkward Asian girl. But when I heard her say "chinky eyes", it broke my heart. Because who hasn't said something stupid before? I still think she's hilarious. I will still watch her show. But I hope someone tells her those words are hurtful, no matter what the context.
As an Awkward White Girl, I thought I would have more in common with this book, but I thoroughly enjoyed it nonetheless. Honestly, I think that I owe the differences more to the fact that I'm an awkward child of the 70s and 80s, and not a child of the late 90s than I do the differences in our skin tones. I appreciate the opportunity to see the world through a different set of eyes, and I may even explore her podcast at some point. It was absolutely worth the read!
I really wanted to like this book. I had heard so much about Issa Rae and I had heard wonderful things about her show “Insecure”. But wow, this was hard to finish because she was just so superficial and kind of creepy. There’s a whole chapter about her cat fishing on the Internet when she was a child and I stopped when I got there because it was just so creepy that she didn’t see anything wrong with it. I finally picked it up again just so I could finish it and I can’t say it got much better. There’s a whole long part about roaches and a really long part about brand name clothing I just was kind of insipid. I liked hearing her talk about Senegal. That was about it. I don’t think I’m her target audience.
Drove across the country for move and listened to this whole book on tape. definitely kept me entertained for w 1/4 of the trip and just wished it was longer
