André
Writing not only this entire book in character, but then framing the audiobook as the character reading her ghost-written book for the first time, complete with rants about the content, misreadings, bickering with the recording people, and demands for redactions, is utter genius.
Writing not only this entire book in character, but then framing the audiobook as the character reading her ghost-written book for the first time, complete with rants about the content, misreadings, bickering with the recording people, and demands for redactions, is utter genius.
Honest in a way few celebrity memoirs are.
Honest in a way few celebrity memoirs are.
Her aggressive, repeatedly stated centrism that veers very close to the whole "I'm apolitical" nonsense is annoying as hell but I'll give her that it was nearly 15 years ago and all that stuff that was en vogue to say then.
Her aggressive, repeatedly stated centrism that veers very close to the whole "I'm apolitical" nonsense is annoying as hell but I'll give her that it was nearly 15 years ago and all that stuff that was en vogue to say then.
Justin Timberlake it’s on sight
It's fun, occasionally witty, but ultimately rather shallow.
It's fun, occasionally witty, but ultimately rather shallow.
She's just really fun, and has a way with anecdotes.
She's just really fun, and has a way with anecdotes.
The Show Won't Go on
Sometimes, you just want a cracked listicle expanded into book form. And this is that.
Sometimes, you just want a cracked listicle expanded into book form. And this is that.
This feels like the awkward middle chapter.
This feels like the awkward middle chapter.
Blame It On Bianca Del Rio
Her humour does not work in a long-form book. It just feels meanspirited here. I'm a fan. I went to see her show last year. But this just ain't it. It feels legitimately bigoted in a way her comedy usually doesn't.
Her humour does not work in a long-form book. It just feels meanspirited here. I'm a fan. I went to see her show last year. But this just ain't it. It feels legitimately bigoted in a way her comedy usually doesn't.
We are all bugs.
Fascinating world-building that maybe doesn't 100% come together for me.
We are all bugs.
Fascinating world-building that maybe doesn't 100% come together for me.
It's a compelling and - to my amateur eye - pretty complete narrative of the MCU's history. You get exactly what's on the tin, with a lot of access given to people across production, and a lot of focus on what happens behind the scenes. If you're looking for production tea or someone to hold Disney/Marvel's feet to the fire, you are not getting it here though.
It's a compelling and - to my amateur eye - pretty complete narrative of the MCU's history. You get exactly what's on the tin, with a lot of access given to people across production, and a lot of focus on what happens behind the scenes. If you're looking for production tea or someone to hold Disney/Marvel's feet to the fire, you are not getting it here though.
I had watched the film first and comparatively the characters are a whole lot less likeable here, to the point where it occasionally feels too much and isn't quite the light-hearted fun read you want it to be.
I had watched the film first and comparatively the characters are a whole lot less likeable here, to the point where it occasionally feels too much and isn't quite the light-hearted fun read you want it to be.
I love me some high concept sci-fi with a strong emotional core
I love me some high concept sci-fi with a strong emotional core