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The Office BFFs: Tales of The Office from Two Best Friends Who Were There by Angela Kinsey, Jenna Fischer
15 reviews
auteaandtales's review
4.0
It covered things from female friendships and motherhood to the realities of working on a television show, I really enjoyed it. I also listen to the podcast and a lot of what is in here is what is shared in the podcast as well, but I think they make good companions and it’s still worth reading for the snippets they haven’t shared and the photos. It’s told in a similar way the podcast is structured, as well, which is neat.
It’s also just a nice comfort read in a similar way that the TV show was/is for me. Pam was my personal favourite character from The Office and it’s really cool that the actress who played her now goes into so much detail about Pam!
Moderate: Pregnancy
Minor: Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
liliya_klein's review against another edition
3.75
Minor: Cursing, Blood, and Pregnancy
itsgnat's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Pregnancy
bashsbooks's review against another edition
3.0
Also, it's always a little annoying to listen to successful cis women discuss their relationships with other successful cis women in the most shallow vaguely-feminist terms ever. Obviously it's preferable to women bashing each other, but the idea that women support each other and stick together on the basis of just being women is so laughably untrue, and it feels fake and plasticky every time I hear it. Fischer and Kinsey made comments in this vein a lot, but they're by no means the only famous female authors to do this shtick.
Graphic: Pregnancy
Moderate: Cancer, Misogyny, Sexism, Blood, Vomit, Grief, and Death of parent
Minor: Medical content, Car accident, and Alcohol
-The car accident is in the context of a crazy scene they were filming, not really a real-world car accident.lovelymisanthrope's review
5.0
"The Office BFFs" is a witty, nostalgic, and absolutely hysterical behind the scenes look at the television show The Office, and more importantly two of the stars, Angela's and Jenna's, friendship. If you have heard their podcast, there is some overlap in the stories, but there is also some fun new anecdotes for you to enjoy in this book.
One of my favorite features, if you will, of this book is that the audiobook is narrated by Angela and Jenna. These two had me literally laughing out loud as I listened, and when I was not laughing, I still had the biggest smile on my face. There are also a few surprise appearances from other Office actors during the audiobook. If you have the opportunity to listen to this as an audiobook, I highly recommend picking this up!
I did not know a lot about the behind-the-scenes elements of The Office. For example, originally, the show only signed four of the actors to be full-time, on salary actors. The rest of the cast were reoccurring background characters. They also chose to shoot the show in a unique way, to make it feel more like a real documentary about real people working in an office. The cast went to stores like Staples to pick out real items to make their desks their own.
On the show, Jenna's and Angela's characters, Pam and Angela, have a tense friendship. I would argue in the beginning it is not even a friendship. So, to hear how much these gals love each other and were rooting for one another behind the scenes made me appreciate their acting so much more. I thoroughly enjoyed hearing how they became best friends on set and then they remained friends and fostered their relationship after the show ended. I think it is truly beautiful that these two people met on a job and ended up becoming friend soul mates. There are a lot of discussions about becoming mothers and starting families while still trying to work a very demanding job. I particularly enjoyed these sections and I thought they had a lot of great advice about trying to balance "it all".
I highly, highly recommend this book, and I hope to hear more from this dynamic duo in the future.
Moderate: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Pregnancy
nick13's review against another edition
5.0
Easy five stars.
Graphic: Pregnancy
caseythereader's review
4.0
Graphic: Cursing, Vomit, Medical content, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
kaitthelibrarian's review
5.0
Moderate: Pregnancy
amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Sexism, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Death of parent
muffmacguff's review
4.0
I already listen to the Office Ladies podcast so I wouldn’t say this book contains more information than the podcast (it would be impossible) but it does include a lot more birds-eye-view analysis of the series than the podcast does; the latter drills down into specific episodes. Angela and Jenna’s close friendship is picked apart carefully and the Big Pregs, Little Pregs, Fake Pregs chapter was interesting and moving.
I’d say worth reading for any Office fan, of course.
Moderate: Pregnancy