A review by marmoo
Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, & Advice for Living Your Best Life by Ali Wong

4.0

Ali Wong’s blunt humor translates well to this collection of essays—diminished, certainly, with the loss of the physicality and delivery that make her stand-up so impressive, but also elevated by the space to flesh out her personal story.

The conceit of the collection as written for her young daughters to read as adults works better in some places than others. For sharing the intimate details of her family life, it’s a clever hook; for the more general riffs, it came across as more of a gimmick. Even when the formula wore a tad thin, however, Ali Wong was never not a fun hang.