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Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets and 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 against another edition
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 against another edition
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 against another edition
3.5
Moderate: Cursing, Excrement, and Sexual content
Minor: Drug use
humbug87's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Drug use
Moderate: Miscarriage