It was a cute and humorous story about Rachel Dratch. Not a full bio but just some exerps about her life from SNL to Motherhood.

I saw some other reviews on this site and I would say that they were unfair in saying that they didn't like this because they wanted her to talk more about SNL. Tina Fey's book was not all about SNL comments so let go of those thoughts.

Listen to this book because you want to hear some funny situations Rachel encountered. She's got a great internal insight that is amusing and fun. I liked the book. It was a great. Listen to it.

When she was at Burning Man taking a pee. I'm not going to give this away so you are going to have to listen to it.

The real life story read being read by the author herself, was captivating.

She played herself which is character enough - especially since she plays characters as an actress! She could read many books for a living she was really that good. I've heard MANY audio books and the reader is incredibly important to the perception of the story. I'd buy other books read by her. Probably beneath her skills but - she is good!

I think she had many moving parts with her intimate talk of her experiences with success, fear, insecurities, dating life, getting pregnant, becoming and being a mother - a great life story so far!

I'm glad I found it. Dan Savage recommended it in the Audible commercial on his podcast. Glad he did. Thanks Dan!

I guess I got what I paid for. I think there were unanswered questions about Rachel Dratch that I would ask her in person such as: Does SNL really pay well enough that you can live in Manhattan without steady work for a length of time? Surely there were more discussions with Baby-daddy that we weren't privy to about where your relationship was going? I felt the reader was left hanging... but then, Rachel Dratch may have been left hanging too...

Probably not... My life is just as interesting.

Debbie Downer.

No, just a paragraph about what happened to her and the baby's father.

I don't mean to sound harsh here, though I realize I do. It was just a weird kind of story that I felt relied on the SNL connection to sell. I don't think Rachel Dratch capitalized on her humor and talent, of which I know she has tons, especially in the second half of the book. I feel like a big meanie, because it is her life after all, and I do think it's wonderful that she has her son.

I wasn't that familiar with Rachel Dratch before listening to this. Now, I'm looking forward to hearing more from her.

Yes! And I rarely will listen to something twice. This really has stuck with me, though.

It's an autobiography.

Some parts sounded a little stilted at first, especially describing SNL (where everyone is amazing and awesome, and she's not going to dish anything negative, which is good for her as a person but less interesting to us), but when she got into describing her personal life, it was engrossing!

I like going for books by and about smart, funny women. I loved Tina Fey's book. This one is better.

Really funny and very well read. As Poignant as it was entertaining. Have recommended it to several friends now. A nice light end of summer read.

In the top five

Candid, personal looks into her life

The fact that she narrated it herself

No

no

Not Tina Faye.

I loved Rachel on SNL, and even the random characters she played early-on during 30 Rock. She narrates this herself, and does a great job. My wife and I got this one, because we listened to Tina's book. A lot of this book is more sad than funny, because she has had so many terribly awkward situations in her life that you feel bad for her initially. However, there are some good lessons in here and some great stories that will make you chuckle.

If you are like my wife and I, and are purchasing this book because you listened to Tina's book and laughed your face off... go ahead, you will be glad you did, but do not expect it to be Tina's book. Rachel is very funny, and this book (and her life) is different from Tina's, which is is fine... but just keep that in mind. The book is a little more emotional, and gets a tad bit weird toward the end (you will have to listen for yourself).

On an additional note, for all of my SNL and 30 Rock fans, reading this book after reading Tina's book gives you a great depiction of what is like to be on SNL and what it is like to hone the skills to even have the opportunity to audition for SNL. There is also some great background information about 30 Rock that I was not aware of.

There are three similar SNL memoirs out there right now: Tina Fey's, Mindy Kalling's, and Rachel Dratch's. In many ways, they all overlap. There are highs and lows to each one, and a bit of unnecessary name-dropping and fawning in all of them, but all three also have very funny parts.

In my opinion, Tina Fey's was by far the best, funniest, and most mature of the three. Having read that one first, the other two had a hard time living up to her standard.

Rachel Dratch is hilarious. And she's an inspiration. Get this book, you won't be sorry!