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Why Not Me?
by Mindy Kaling
4.75 stars, because I can.
Full review here
I enjoyed Mindy’s first book a lot. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me was a fast, funny, easy read, that had me giggling in bed from start to finish. But it didn’t really give us a great sense of who Mindy was as a person. I mean, sure, we learned that she is hardworking as hell, but that wasn’t something that came as a surprise, was it? She writes, stars in, and produces her own show. Guys, come on.
Why Not Me was just as funny, just as easy a read as IEHOWM (what a mouthful). But it was a lot more personal. And by that I don’t mean that Mindy was dishing out all her dirty, personal secrets. No. There was just a lot more personality to this one. She was letting us get to know her.
My favorite thing about Mindy Kaling is her sense of humor, which is, like the blurb to this book mentions, very tongue-in-cheek. It doesn’t matter if you’re listening to her speak or reading her words, you always know when she’s joking, even if she’s saying something with a completely straight face or tone of writing. You also know when she gets real. And she does that quite a bit in this book.
She talks about friendships, failed relationships, body image, public image and, my personal favorite, her confidence.
At one point, she even does this AU piece, where she imagines what her life would be like if she hadn’t gotten into show-biz and had become a latin teacher instead. Obviously, it turns into a rom-com, but besides that part, I found it extremely relatable. Because who hasn’t thought about how they would have turned out if only they’d made different choices?
I understood why she wrote that piece. It may have seemed like a weird little essay to some people, thrown into the book just for the heck of it. But I get it. I really, really get it.
And that’s what I mean about the whole book, really. It’s just so relatable. So, okay, maybe you haven’t been invited to “spend time with the president”, or star in your own TV show. It doesn’t matter. The essays in this book let you get inside her head. You understand a little bit more about Mindy Kaling. You empathize, because you’ve gone through something similar. You appreciate, because she’s just another woman, and she’s just so real.
I hope all of this still makes sense in the morning.
Full review here
I enjoyed Mindy’s first book a lot. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me was a fast, funny, easy read, that had me giggling in bed from start to finish. But it didn’t really give us a great sense of who Mindy was as a person. I mean, sure, we learned that she is hardworking as hell, but that wasn’t something that came as a surprise, was it? She writes, stars in, and produces her own show. Guys, come on.
Why Not Me was just as funny, just as easy a read as IEHOWM (what a mouthful). But it was a lot more personal. And by that I don’t mean that Mindy was dishing out all her dirty, personal secrets. No. There was just a lot more personality to this one. She was letting us get to know her.
My favorite thing about Mindy Kaling is her sense of humor, which is, like the blurb to this book mentions, very tongue-in-cheek. It doesn’t matter if you’re listening to her speak or reading her words, you always know when she’s joking, even if she’s saying something with a completely straight face or tone of writing. You also know when she gets real. And she does that quite a bit in this book.
She talks about friendships, failed relationships, body image, public image and, my personal favorite, her confidence.
At one point, she even does this AU piece, where she imagines what her life would be like if she hadn’t gotten into show-biz and had become a latin teacher instead. Obviously, it turns into a rom-com, but besides that part, I found it extremely relatable. Because who hasn’t thought about how they would have turned out if only they’d made different choices?
I understood why she wrote that piece. It may have seemed like a weird little essay to some people, thrown into the book just for the heck of it. But I get it. I really, really get it.
And that’s what I mean about the whole book, really. It’s just so relatable. So, okay, maybe you haven’t been invited to “spend time with the president”, or star in your own TV show. It doesn’t matter. The essays in this book let you get inside her head. You understand a little bit more about Mindy Kaling. You empathize, because you’ve gone through something similar. You appreciate, because she’s just another woman, and she’s just so real.
I hope all of this still makes sense in the morning.