A review by octavia_cade
Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling

lighthearted fast-paced

3.0

I think I like this better than Kaling's first collection, Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?, which I read a couple of months back. The essays in this are longer and more in-depth, so there's less a sense of scattering. She again comes across as sensible and likeable, and if this doesn't strike me as particularly funny, to be honest, then at least it's an easy read. By far the best of it is the last chapter, in which Kaling recounts her poor response to a teenage girl who asked about confidence. And really, if that's not sympathetic - the self-flagellation of knowing what you should have said at the time, but completely fumbled - then nothing is. The answer is basically hard work, and she's right. I say that knowing that I have wasted the past week and done bugger all of the things I should have done, so it's serving as a small kick in the arse. Back to editing this stupid paper I go...