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readwithrichard's review
5.0
I adored this book. The premise is that you're sitting next to Parker Posey on an airplane as she tells you about her life - her childhood, her career, various moments in her life. The anecdotes aren't strictly chronological, but there is a kind of scatterbrained logic that feels like it pulls a reader through her quirky musings. I fell in love with her voice as a writer - her prose is inviting and uncomplicated. And the book truly gives a sense of her deliciously oddball personality. Highly recommended!
eduardoandgo's review against another edition
3.0
I enjoyed this in the sense that I like listening to Parker Posey speak and what is being spoken can be so eclectic and random, it doesn't really matter to me.
blicksam's review
4.0
Thoughtful, funny, and sad.
A caveat: the chapters on Louis CK & Woody Allen are depressing. Posey is at her best when she’s the architect of her own story, so it’s difficult to read about her attempts to ingratiate herself to writer/directors or lamely apologize for their behavior. Also god damn it she’s chummy with Camille Paglia, too. Another good storyteller with terrible taste in humans.
A caveat: the chapters on Louis CK & Woody Allen are depressing. Posey is at her best when she’s the architect of her own story, so it’s difficult to read about her attempts to ingratiate herself to writer/directors or lamely apologize for their behavior. Also god damn it she’s chummy with Camille Paglia, too. Another good storyteller with terrible taste in humans.
nancyalligood's review
love parker posey but had to hit da bricks when i got to the chapter about louis ck.
jobustitch's review
3.0
Quirky and interesting and a bit off. Just as I imagined her.
I listened to the audiobook and thought it was worth my while.
I listened to the audiobook and thought it was worth my while.
aquint's review
2.0
It was a struggle to finish and the chapters about Woody Allen and Louis CK, ugh. I love her as an actress but this book was really disappointing.