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theuncultured's review against another edition
2.0
Fran Lebowitz on plants making their own food:
"Thus, since I have yet to detect the aroma of Fettuccine Alfredo emanating from a Boston fern, I do not consider And Generally Makes Its Own Food to be a trait of any consequence whatsoever. When you run across one that Generally Makes Its Own Money, give me a call."
Witty, even funny, at times, but pretty obnoxious at others. Her sentences have the tendency to hurt the eyes and even as I looked away a few times I still forced myself back with a heavy heart. I really just wanted the book to finish already. There are just so many long-winded, half-funny sentences that I can read before my brain starts contracting in the most awful manner. She's smart, it's obvious, but she goes on and on and nobody seems to want to stop her. I admit I was halfway through when I decided to stop and finish my Steinbeck book instead.
"Thus, since I have yet to detect the aroma of Fettuccine Alfredo emanating from a Boston fern, I do not consider And Generally Makes Its Own Food to be a trait of any consequence whatsoever. When you run across one that Generally Makes Its Own Money, give me a call."
Witty, even funny, at times, but pretty obnoxious at others. Her sentences have the tendency to hurt the eyes and even as I looked away a few times I still forced myself back with a heavy heart. I really just wanted the book to finish already. There are just so many long-winded, half-funny sentences that I can read before my brain starts contracting in the most awful manner. She's smart, it's obvious, but she goes on and on and nobody seems to want to stop her. I admit I was halfway through when I decided to stop and finish my Steinbeck book instead.
loudrianvs's review
5.0
Even though she will NEVER read my comment on Goodreads, how would she, I just wanted to say the following regardless: She truly is the Greatest Of All Time (the acronym would do her injustice), and the ending is just too 1. funny, 2. accurate, 3. relatable. I will also ... not write to get my million dollars, thanks for the tip.
pauladennan's review against another edition
I've picked this up and put it down multiple times. Having tried it on audio this time around, I decided to DNF it because it's clear that I prefer interviews with Fran Lebowitz over her writing!
oliviamusick's review against another edition
god i just can't get through this one
addicook's review against another edition
I am not the target audience. I don’t really get half the jokes and because of the sarcasm it’s just not very fun to read
siena_l's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
reflective
slow-paced
3.25
it was really funny, and i liked how niche the observations were. it was very hard to get through, so i liked that you could skip around a little bit
jimio's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
3.5
I’m a big fan of Fran’s spoken word material – I could listen to her for hours, and did in fact pay good money to see her live. I feel like these essays would have been great 40 years ago when they were written but the style often feels dated (as you would expect). There are some gems amongst it all and I laughed a few times when that acerbic voice cut through. It’s one for the coffee table, to be snacked on rather than devoured.