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Bossypants is a little bit of a strange book. It is part book of humor, part memoir of a hard working person, part inspirational words to women. Mostly it's the memoir, though. This is the story about a successful person who is motivated by love and by fear. It doesn't have the ring of success that most books from people in such positions have, it has the mark of insecurity and of disbelief, it is a testament to how crazy it must be to be a relatively normal, though intensely neurotic, person in a high-powered position. The weakest moments are the obligatory ones, the ones where Fey tries to be funny responding to the internet (it comes off as far too bitter than it does jokey), or where she describes her brief accidental foray into the national political machine. Not that these sections are bad, because they aren't--they certainly have their merit. It is just that this is a memoir that succeeds when it gets us inside Fey's head, particularly when she is trying to balance what she loves and what she does and what she believes. She is a hypocrit, she has things to apologize for as a person, but she is also successful. And funny. In case I didn't say this already: this is a funny, funny book. It also is a surprisingly serious one. I, for one, highly recommend it.

2022-10-21 05:19