You'll Grow Out of It
Ratings26
Average rating3.4
I listened to this on audiobook which was fantastic. The voice was so relatable that I felt like I was sharing a glass of wine with a friend. Jessi, if you need another friend, just reach out!
Kind of “meh.” I think it would have worked better as a true memoir than a series of moderately entertaining essays. The last few chapters, including the evolution of Klein's comedian career, were the most interesting. I wanted to know more about her childhood and her interactions with Amy Schumer and other comedians, instead of her less than original reflections about being called “ma'am” instead of “miss.”
For me, this was super funny and often relatable–I especially loved her essays about being a “tom man” who never really learned about makeup and stuff during her teen years when she was ~supposed to~. Some of her essays working through her own body shame end up being a little fat shamey, like when she talks about stressing about how she looked in different kinds of lingerie but concludes that men just like to see you naked and it doesn't matter how you think you look–as long as you're not obese. There aren't a ton of moments like that but I'm just mentioning them in my review as a PSA.
The last few chapters are about fertility treatments/motherhood/etc–slightly less relatable for me personally but still very funny (and occasionally like, heartfelt or whatever).
Overall, I thought it was hilarious though, and if you're a fan of Jessi Klein from NPR/Amy Schumer/etc you'll probably enjoy the book. She reads the audio and I thought that was a good format for it. (Like a super long This American Life with no other guests!)
Oh one Q for anyone who read the print edition–does she spell “princess” like “prinzess” as some kind of joke or is that just how she says the word “princess”? She said it SO MANY TIMES in the Emmy dress essay and it was so clearly being said with a Z sound. IT'S NOT IMPORTANT I'M JUST WONDERING.
I liked it as I was reading it, but having trouble remembering it. Might have been I was in a bad place. Blame me, not the author.