I Hate Everyone...Starting With Me

By: Joan Rivers

Narrated by: Joan Rivers

Length: 4 hrs and 53 mins

Publisher's summary

“How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.” (Elizabeth Barrett Browning, 1850)

“How do I hate thee? How much time do you have?” (Joan Rivers, here, about two-ish)

Joan Rivers is a groundbreaking, award-winning, internationally renowned entertainment goddess. She’s also opinionated - especially when it comes to people she hates. Like people who think giving birth is a unique achievement. Or well-adjusted - a.k.a. boring - ex-child stars who don’t even have a decent addiction.

With all of her diverse experiences, it stands to reason that Joan has seen, done, said, and heard a lot of hateful things. Thank god, she took notes.

Here - uncensored and totally uninhibited - she give the best of her worst to First Ladies, closet cases, hypocrites, Hollywood, feminists, and overrated historical figures. And even when letting herself have it, Joan doesn’t hold back in this honest, unabashedly hilarious love letter to the hater in all of us.

©2012 Joan Rivers (P)2012 Penguin Audio

Critic reviews

"More punch lines per paragraph than any book I’ve read in years." (The New York Times)

"Often hilarious, often shocking, totally politically incorrect." (Liz Smith)

"She holds nothing back." (The Washington Post)

Gone too soon and never forgotten

I missed Joan every day since 2016, no one could have put our American nightmare into perspective like Joan.

Joan still had another 150 years in her if it weren’t for that Dr.

Disappointing

This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

I really like Joan Rivers but couldn't get past the first hour or so in this book. Just sounded like a lot of complaining and things she hates. Some are a little funny but after an hour of "I hate... I hate... I hate..." it gets old. Fast.

Boring!

Although I enjoy watching Joan Rivers in her comedy acts I did not like this audio. It came across a boring, hence the tile, and totally not funny. I only got about halfway through before I decided to quit listening.

Sadly dissapointing, wish I could get a refund

Any additional comments?

I've long been a fan of Joan Rivers. Her wit and humor are like no one else but this book is just a bitter diatribe of disapointment. From the very beginning it spews sadness and hatred. There is a fine line between being funny and bitterness, this book crosses it repeatedly. Old stale jokes from the 60's that were once funny are now just sad and fill the book from beginning to end. I couldn't even finish it I was so depressed. You would think someone with as much success in her life would be happier.....go figure.

HATE BOOK/LOVE JOAN

What disappointed you about I Hate Everyone...Starting With Me?

EVERYTHING

What could Joan Rivers have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

NOT REALLY FUNNY! HATE THIS HATE THAT IS NOT FUNNY!!!

How could the performance have been better?

15MINS OF I HATE MIGHT HAVE BEEN OK, BUT NOT THE WHOLE BOOK, BAD IDEA

You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

LAUGH LESS THAN 10 TIMES, I AM A BIG JOAN FAN

I hate everyone

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

not publishing it

Would you ever listen to anything by Joan Rivers again?

NO

Any additional comments?

I resent the fact that she makes fun of the handicap -wheelchair people and senior citizens
Does she forget that she is a senior citizen also All senior citizen do not smell as Joan says. Some day she might be in a wheelchair or need a handicap sticker then I guess it would be ok

Maybe I don't understand her sensse of humor but I am very sorry I spent my credit on her book
Marie Maurer

I hate Joan Rivers

What disappointed you about I Hate Everyone...Starting With Me?

It is very vulgar, very rude, very hateful. I thought she's a comedian, but there was nothing to laugh about her book. I turned it off after 15 minutes. A waste of money.

Has I Hate Everyone...Starting With Me turned you off from other books in this genre?

I will be much more careful.

Would you be willing to try another one of Joan Rivers’s performances?

No thanks

What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

All the above.

I hate this book.

I had to turn this off after about an hour and a half. I can only stand so much negativity and vitriol. I know I should have known buy the title, but I was just so sad when she died that I was hoping I would like it. Ah, well. I still love you, Joan!

i hated this

What would have made I Hate Everyone...Starting With Me better?

I had heard Joan Rivers interviewed recently, so I thought I would find this funny. I found it stupid and offensive. After 15 minutes, I'd had enough and didn't listen to anymore. This is really bad.

What do you think your next listen will be?

Books by Jim Shepard and Benjamin Astastos

You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

No

LOVE JOAN'S COMEDY, BUT NOT HER AUDIO BOOK

What disappointed you about I Hate Everyone...Starting With Me?

I love her, but listening to the book was so annoying. It sounded more like pissing and moaning than it probably would have if I were reading it myself or seeing her perform it in a stand-up format. Sorry, Joan. I'm a huge fan of your work, just not of this book in this format.

What do you think your next listen will be?

Unsure.

Would you be willing to try another one of Joan Rivers’s performances?

A recording of a live performance: definitely.

What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

Disappointment and annoyance.