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Y'all know I love a good celebrity memoir and this is definitely worth a read or listen. Tiffany Haddish is a comedian, so her memoir is hilarious, but she also had a really hard childhood and she lays it all out there. When her mom sustained a brain injury in a car accident, she became abusive and Tiffany and her siblings were bounced around to different foster homes, ultimately getting taken in by their grandmother. As an adult, Haddish survived an abusive marriage and worked her butt off to l
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I highly recommend listening to this on Audiobook. The author’s performance highlights the tragedy of her story juxtaposed against her amazing composure, perseverance, and brilliant comedy. I am amazed at what Tiffany Haddish has had to overcome - and it makes the humor she injects into her story that much more amazing. I listened to this book while on a plane, in a taxi, and walking on the street and I couldn’t stop guffawing and giggling in turn. I’m sure the people around me thought I was cra
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SO the first half of the book was total garbage!! honestly I haven't laughed a bit with this book. second half was ok but still not funny. Sorry but that's the truth. I just don't understand how this books was selected as the 2018 winner of Humor book in GoodReads.
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I just wanna hug Tiffany Haddish.
She shines throughout this book. Her life has not been all wine and roses, but she has made the most of what she's experienced by spining life lessons positively. This autobiography is filled with humor, sadness and even smart advice. ...more
She shines throughout this book. Her life has not been all wine and roses, but she has made the most of what she's experienced by spining life lessons positively. This autobiography is filled with humor, sadness and even smart advice. ...more
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At one point, I realized that over the past year I'd read about 8 different audiobooks that fit the following description (or fit most of it):
- memoirs
- by famous or kind-of-famous people
- a little bit sociopolitical
- angry, funny, and hopeful.
Sometimes they were marketed more as self-help, or as collections of essays, but there would be that autobiographical element. They'd be cathartic and also a little bit uplifting. Audiobooks as self-care.
In the intro, Haddish says that she wrote The Last B ...more
- memoirs
- by famous or kind-of-famous people
- a little bit sociopolitical
- angry, funny, and hopeful.
Sometimes they were marketed more as self-help, or as collections of essays, but there would be that autobiographical element. They'd be cathartic and also a little bit uplifting. Audiobooks as self-care.
In the intro, Haddish says that she wrote The Last B ...more
I enjoyed the storytelling style of The Last Black Unicorn, but the chapter on dating someone with a disability ruined this book for me. That chapter was so unforgivably bad with the way she described his physical disability as something horrific, wrote all of his lines to mimic his speech impediment, and talked about how the relationship could never work because she could never be seen in public with him or allow her friends to meet him. She never took a critical look back at the way she treate
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I listened to this on audiobook, and I'm glad I did. I don't think certain things would translate well unless it was being told directly by Tiffany. I also liked hearing her tell the stories in her own voice, especially the parts about her mom. Like many others, I too feel at odds with the Roscoe story.
Audiobook also has a song at the end, sung by Tiffany! ...more
Audiobook also has a song at the end, sung by Tiffany! ...more
Fun but not as funny as I’d hoped
I’m deeeeeeply disappointed by the ableism in this book, while acknowledging and understanding Haddish’s intentions are generous in the way she tells the “Roscoe” stories. I’m not excusing it.
Otherwise, this book was great. The resilience and optimism Haddish displays while very openly recounting some truly traumatic events in her life is something to celebrate and appreciate. She is funny and smart and her success is hard earned.
Also, DAMN she can be vengeful! 😮 I’m not saying he didn’t deser ...more
Otherwise, this book was great. The resilience and optimism Haddish displays while very openly recounting some truly traumatic events in her life is something to celebrate and appreciate. She is funny and smart and her success is hard earned.
Also, DAMN she can be vengeful! 😮 I’m not saying he didn’t deser ...more
Tiffany Haddish has had some effed up shiz in her lifetime. Also, she's very bad for my poorly suppressed potty mouth.
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