Why Not Me?
Ratings64
Average rating3.7
I was really excited for this book because I love “Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?” Mindy Kaling and her work on the Office. However, this book, while good, did not meet my expectations. It was still funny, Mindy was still love able, but at times it felt like she was whining and I honestly didn't see what she had to whine about or her stories were stories that went nowhere. While I was excited that she got to meet President Obama, the whole background story about Will went nowhere for me. As I started getting towards the end of the book I found myself checking how many pages I had left so I could just count it read which is too bad because one of her best essays was the last one. I came away still loving Mindy (and still not liking BJ Novak, seriously, who discounts a whole form of art simply because he's not entertained?) and ultimately glad I read this book.
Biographies take me longer, but I liked reading about her life, career, and ways to get confidence.
This was cute, dishy, fun, and a little inspirational. As expected. The topics were a little all over the place and some of them felt like they were there just to fill space.
Mindy Kaling's writing is fun and sometimes funny but her life is not very interesting. Or at least all the interesting bits were used up in the previous book. This book is all “It's fun being kinda famous and kinda rich!” If you want to pretend you are Mindy Kaling's good friend, read this book. If you want an actual story, give it a pass.
I didn't care either way about this book. I'm not a fan of short stories and found this to be exactly what I expected.
This was a quick, fun read but I didn't get much out of it other than a couple of chuckles. I wouldn't steer people away from it, but I wouldn't really recommend it either. Mindy is a cool lady and it was fun to read about her life, but I could have also skipped over this read and been fine with it.
I just love Mindy Kaling. And I want to give that last chapter to everyone. <3
Pretty smart and entertaining. Not a ton to it – would've liked her to continue a bit more on any number of topics. A few of the essays felt like filler.
Read an reviewed a different version. Not sure why goodreads is listing this differently.
