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Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, & Advice for Living Your Best Life by Ali Wong
13 reviews
aformeracceleratedreader's review against another edition
3.5
Not to say the book is bad by any means, I overall did enjoy listening to the audio since she delivers it in such an engaging and entertaining way. It def isn't the worst non-fiction I've read, but it's not my fave either. It's a good, quick read if you are looking to fill a little bit of time.
Graphic: Pregnancy and Sexual content
Moderate: Drug use, Miscarriage, and Death of parent
koreanlinda's review
3.75
Sharing of her personal life stories with sarcasm and punchlines did not last the whole book. By the end, I was tired of her close-to-yelling and extreme self deprecation even though I listened to is on many separate sittings with plenty of breaks in-between.
Unfortunately I could not help but judge Ali Wong's character as well. All the confession of her mistakes made her look like a very selfish person because those mistakes hurt and damage others so much. In my eyes, they were not funny.
One more thing that bothered me was the underlying hetero-normativity and traditional ideas of women's happy life in a family with children. I don't remember the details. If you are a fan of hers, I recommend giving a listen. It might be more enjoyable to cherry-pick chapters that interest you more, otherwise, it might feel like a long story to listen to.
Graphic: Drug use, Alcoholism, and Sexual content
Moderate: Xenophobia and Racism
emmehooks's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Sexual content and Miscarriage
Moderate: Racial slurs, Misogyny, Grief, Eating disorder, Xenophobia, and Pregnancy
Minor: Sexual harassment, Rape, Drug use, Death, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, and Body shaming
laurenlee2158's review against another edition
3.0
Moderate: Miscarriage, Racism, Alcohol, Sexual content, Cursing, Drug use, Pregnancy, and Vomit
kasaya_mt33's review
3.75
Moderate: Racial slurs and Drug use
Minor: Miscarriage
katrinarose's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Excrement, Medical content, Miscarriage, Bullying, Cursing, Death of parent, Drug use, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual content, Vomit, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Classism, Animal death, Blood, and Grief
Minor: Eating disorder and Adult/minor relationship
greatexpectations77's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Pregnancy, Excrement, and Miscarriage
Moderate: Death of parent, Drug use, Blood, Fatphobia, Infertility, and Racial slurs
Minor: Eating disorder and Vomit
Folks who like her comedy will like this book.apersonfromflorida's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Miscarriage, Medical content, Misogyny, Sexism, Pregnancy, and Racism
Moderate: Vomit, Alcohol, Racial slurs, Sexual content, and Drug use
joyfromhope's review
3.5
Moderate: Cursing, Excrement, and Sexual content
Minor: Drug use
humbug87's review
3.0
Graphic: Drug use
Moderate: Miscarriage