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The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish

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cicilystar's review against another edition

dark funny lighthearted fast-paced

2.0

I guess I'm in the majority, but I listened to the audiobook and I hate it. It mostly sounds made up and imbellished and she admitted that a lot of it is. I don't get the hype. And the accents in the audiobook were off-putting.

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stuck_in_a_good_book's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

5.0

The entire time, I was laughing my head off because this books is funny af. It kinda toot me long to start reading it, and once I started to read, i couldn't stop and the next thing I knew i was done with it😂

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essie__reads's review

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dark emotional funny inspiring tense fast-paced

1.0

Tiffany Haddish is brave for sharing her story because she has had a difficult journey to get where she is today, I was unaware of just how much she endured to become a comedian too. That being said, please be mindful of the content warnings because there are a lot- from her Dad abandoning her, to her experiences with her Mom's car accident and mental illness and abuse, Sexual assault, Domestic violence, etc. I enjoyed the fact that Tiffany Haddish narrated her memoir and it was her own voice telling her story. But the main reason this book gets 1 star from me is the chapter about how she hooked up with her disabled coworker. That chapter was INCREDIBLY ableist and offensive, the descriptions she used to describe him physically were atrocious, the voices she used during the narration for him was unnecessary, and the fact that she thought she saved him by sleeping with him?! And that she was doing him and all disabled people a service by telling the story of their relationship?! I cannot believe the editors allowed that shit to be published. The rest of the book was just fine, I wouldn't recommend it though. I didn't find it particularly funny and the ableism left a bad taste in my mouth.

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evelynheather's review against another edition

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1.0

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eschorrlesnick's review

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dark funny inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

2.75

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dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

2.5

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alybark's review against another edition

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WHAT IS THIS BOOK MAKING FUN OF DISABLED PEOPLE?!?! There were some funny parts but I had to turn off the audiobook during the long chapter where she mocks someone’s physical disabilities and his voice. That shit’s not funny.

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readswithcocktails's review

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emotional funny inspiring fast-paced

3.0

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2.0

I knew very little about Tiffany Haddish before reading this book. I'd seen her on an SNL skit and that was about it.

This was chosen for my Female Author's Book Club one month and I was excited to read a memoir for the first time in a while. I can see why so many people thoroughly enjoyed this book, but it just wasn't for me. Haddish tells the story of overcoming a lot of hardships and difficult times in her life to become a successful female comedian. She is an extremely resilient woman with a story I think resonates with a lot of people, because most of us are trying to overcome some sort of trauma to move forward in our lives. The hopeful tone of this book is what I found to be the biggest positive in my reading experience. It didn't seem to matter what she was going through, Tiffany always found a way to move closer to what she wanted for herself.

Where this book took a really big turn for me is

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when Tiffany hooks up with a disabled man, Roscoe, who she works with at an airport. After fawning over here and asking her our many times, Tiffany finally gives in and goes on a date with him. This wasn't the type of refreshing moment where a disabled person is portrayed as being desirable, which is where I thought this was going, but instead the entire situation is majorly fumbled. She likens his physical appearance as that of a stroke victim and only agrees to go out with him because of how he makes her feel with his generous compliments.

This particular moment, along with a few others, were distasteful and I would imagine offensive to those who are disabled themselves.

The Last Black Unicorn is not a laugh out loud kind of funny. I think a lot of the humor comes from Tiffany's personality, and if you don't know much about her or don't like her personal humor then it goes without saying that this might not be for you. That's what it came down to for me. I have a lot of respect for her journey and can't deny she is one tough woman, but I had my issues with this book. I couldn't connect with her humor and on the surface it felt like she was treating very serious situations a bit too lightly.

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