We Thought You Would Be Prettier: True Tales of the Dorkiest Girl Alive
by:
Laurie Notaro (author)
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781299127340 (1299127347)
Publish date: January 1st 2005
Publisher: Villard Books
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Humor,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
Writing,
Essays,
Funny,
Comedy,
Biography Memoir,
Womens Fiction,
Chick Lit,
Short Stories
I thought this would be funnier. I kept almost laughing, almost finding it funny, but it never quite made it there. Some of this might just be that it is remarkably mean humor throughout--I'm not convinced this woman likes anything in the world--but it's also all so very heavy-handed that it feels...
The book banks on it's ability to amuse but if you look closely at the end of each sentence there is a tiny image of Porky Pig saying "That's all folks!"
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