Bossypants

Bossypants

2011 • 277 pages

Ratings435

Average rating3.8

15

I listened to the audiobook from the library for this, it adds a lot since Tina Fey herself narrates, doing impressions and sarcastic voices and all that.

There are some interesting insights into 30 Rock and SNL, but a lot of the book deals with her growing up as a young woman and is written to be relatable to other women, and while it was entertaining in parts, I definitely felt like I was missing something since I'm outside of the target audience.

A lot of her jokes are borderline uncomfortably stereotypical as well, be it race or sexual orientation... Not always offensive, sometimes just thrown in for cheap laughs. I found it a bit off putting.

Overall, Fey is charming enough that this works, I was just expecting more.

September 5, 2018