Book Review - Bossypants

Bossypants by Tina Fey

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


This is a funny, fast-to-read memoir of Tina Fey's life, from childhood through her current career. If you have enjoyed her work as a writer and actress on SNL and/or 30 Rock, you'll probably love this book. If you like smart, witty gen X women writers, you'll probably like this book. If you like memoirs of working class girls who grow up to be fabulous, influential career women, you'll probably like this book.

There aren't many people that I don't think would like this book. There were certainly several laugh-out-loud moments for me, mostly from Tina's asides and remarks rather than the main text. She is very honest in the re-telling of her life, even when she talks about what she's not going to talk about and why. She lays her life bare, in all it's sometimes neck-pimpled glory, to show us all that she's pretty much just like everyone else, whether it's because she's dealt with childhood trauma, or the trauma of overly self-important does-everything-right other mommies.

Definitely a good way to uplift a day or two.



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