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Your favorite movies, rewatched.
New York Times opinion writer and best-selling author Lindy West was once the in-house movie critic for Seattle's alternative newsweekly The Stranger, where she covered film with brutal honesty and giddy irreverence. In Shit, Actually, Lindy returns to those roots, reexamining beloved and iconic movies from the past 40 years with an eye toward the big questions of our time: Is Twilight the horniest movie in history? Why do the zebras in The Lion King trust Mufasa - who is a lion - to look out for their best interests? Why did anyone bother making any more movies after The Fugitive achieved perfection? And, my god, why don't any of the women in Love, Actually ever f--king talk?
From Forrest Gump, Honey I Shrunk the Kids, and Bad Boys II, to Face/Off, Top Gun, and The Notebook, Lindy combines her razor-sharp wit and trademark humor with a genuine adoration for nostalgic trash to shed new critical light on some of our defining cultural touchstones - the stories we've long been telling ourselves about who we are. At once outrageously funny and piercingly incisive, Shit, Actually reminds us to pause and ask, "How does this movie hold up?", all while teaching us how to laugh at the things we love without ever letting them or ourselves off the hook.
Shit, Actually is a love letter and a breakup note all in one: to the films that shaped us and the ones that ruined us. More often than not, Lindy finds, they're one and the same.
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Creedence Clearwater Revival is one of the most important and beloved bands in the history of rock, and John Fogerty wrote, sang, and produced their instantly recognizable classics: "Proud Mary", "Bad Moon Rising", "Born on the Bayou", and more. Now he reveals how he brought CCR to number one in the world, eclipsing even the Beatles in 1969. By the next year, though, Creedence was falling apart; their amazing, enduring success exploded and faded in just a few short years.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book
- De Cargod63 en 10-23-15
De: John Fogerty
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Magic Medicine
- A Trip Through the Intoxicating History and Modern-Day Use of Psychedelic Plants and Substances
- De: Cody Johnson
- Narrado por: Steve Quinn
- Duración: 6 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
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Magic Medicine is an armchair traveler's guide to all substances psychedelic! Listeners will learn about their properties, use, lore, place in history, and their current research and applications as medicine.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent summary of history and modern uses of psychedelics
- De Jill Anne en 12-22-24
De: Cody Johnson
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Marrying the Ketchups
- A Novel
- De: Jennifer Close
- Narrado por: Cassandra Campbell
- Duración: 11 h y 12 m
- Versión completa
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Here are the three things the Sullivan family knows to be true: the Chicago Cubs will always be the underdogs; historical progress is inevitable; and their grandfather, Bud, founder of JP Sullivan’s, will always make the best burgers in Oak Park. But when, over the course of three strange months, the Cubs win the World Series, Trump is elected president, and Bud drops dead, suddenly everyone in the family finds themselves doubting all they hold dear.
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4 out of 5 stars
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nice story
- De Lea Rae Walls en 07-06-23
De: Jennifer Close
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How to Talk Dirty and Influence People
- An Autobiography
- De: Lenny Bruce, Lewis Black - preface, Howard Reich - foreword
- Narrado por: Ronnie Marmo
- Duración: 9 h y 9 m
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During the course of a career that began in the late 1940s, Lenny Bruce challenged the sanctity of organized religion and other societal and political conventions; he widened the boundaries of free speech. Critic Ralph Gleason said, "So many taboos have been lifted and so many comics have rushed through the doors Lenny opened. He utterly changed the world of comedy". Although Bruce died when he was only 40, his influence on the worlds of comedy, jazz, and satire are incalculable.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Where is the Lenny Bruce of this era?
- De Amazon Customer en 02-20-19
De: Lenny Bruce, y otros
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This Isn't Going to End Well
- The True Story of a Man I Thought I Knew
- De: Daniel Wallace
- Narrado por: Michael Crouch
- Duración: 6 h y 16 m
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If we’re lucky, we all encounter at least one person whose life elevates and inspires our own. For acclaimed novelist Daniel Wallace, he had one hero and inspiration for so much of what followed: his longtime friend and brother-in-law William Nealy. Seemingly perfect, impossibly cool, William was James Dean, Clint Eastwood, and MacGyver all rolled into one, an acclaimed outdoorsman, a famous cartoonist, an accomplished author, a master of all he undertook, William was the ideal that Daniel sought to emulate.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Lovely, Deep Hearted True Story
- De DebS en 06-24-23
De: Daniel Wallace
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Clearing the Fog
- From Surviving to Thriving with Long Covid: A Practical Guide
- De: James C. Jackson PsyD
- Narrado por: James C. Jackson PsyD
- Duración: 9 h y 8 m
- Versión completa
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Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, the shocking mortality figures obscured the fact that death is not the only adverse outcome of the virus. Today, as many as 30 percent of COVID-19 survivors still experience symptoms long after their acute illness has passed, with cognitive and mental health problems especially prominent. For long haulers, this struggle with Long COVID has irrevocably changed their lives. In Clearing the Fog, neuropsychologist Dr. James C. Jackson offers people suffering from Long COVID and their families a roadmap to help them manage their “new normal.”
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5 out of 5 stars
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Extremely helpful on so many levels
- De Doc jojo en 05-21-23
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Fortunate Son
- My Life, My Music
- De: John Fogerty
- Narrado por: John Fogerty
- Duración: 15 h y 38 m
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Creedence Clearwater Revival is one of the most important and beloved bands in the history of rock, and John Fogerty wrote, sang, and produced their instantly recognizable classics: "Proud Mary", "Bad Moon Rising", "Born on the Bayou", and more. Now he reveals how he brought CCR to number one in the world, eclipsing even the Beatles in 1969. By the next year, though, Creedence was falling apart; their amazing, enduring success exploded and faded in just a few short years.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book
- De Cargod63 en 10-23-15
De: John Fogerty
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Magic Medicine
- A Trip Through the Intoxicating History and Modern-Day Use of Psychedelic Plants and Substances
- De: Cody Johnson
- Narrado por: Steve Quinn
- Duración: 6 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 2
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Magic Medicine is an armchair traveler's guide to all substances psychedelic! Listeners will learn about their properties, use, lore, place in history, and their current research and applications as medicine.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent summary of history and modern uses of psychedelics
- De Jill Anne en 12-22-24
De: Cody Johnson
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Marrying the Ketchups
- A Novel
- De: Jennifer Close
- Narrado por: Cassandra Campbell
- Duración: 11 h y 12 m
- Versión completa
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Here are the three things the Sullivan family knows to be true: the Chicago Cubs will always be the underdogs; historical progress is inevitable; and their grandfather, Bud, founder of JP Sullivan’s, will always make the best burgers in Oak Park. But when, over the course of three strange months, the Cubs win the World Series, Trump is elected president, and Bud drops dead, suddenly everyone in the family finds themselves doubting all they hold dear.
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4 out of 5 stars
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nice story
- De Lea Rae Walls en 07-06-23
De: Jennifer Close
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Weird
- The Power of Being an Outsider in an Insider World
- De: Olga Khazan
- Narrado por: Renata Friedman
- Duración: 9 h
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Most of us have at some point in our lives felt like an outsider, sometimes considering ourselves "too weird" to fit in. Growing up as a Russian immigrant in West Texas, Olga Khazan always felt there was something different about her. This feeling has permeated her life, and as she embarked on a science writing career, she realized there were psychological connections between this feeling of being an outsider and both her struggles and successes later in life.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Weird is An Appropriate Title
- De Mary T. Peters en 08-06-20
De: Olga Khazan
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How Boards Work
- And How They Can Work Better in a Chaotic World
- De: Dambisa Moyo
- Narrado por: Dambisa Moyo
- Duración: 8 h y 10 m
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Corporate boards are under great pressure. Scandals and malpractice at companies like Theranos, WeWork, Uber, and Wells Fargo have raised justified questions among regulators, shareholders, and the public about the quality of corporate governance. In How Boards Work, prizewinning economist and veteran board director Dambisa Moyo offers an insider's view of corporate boards as they are buffeted by the turbulence of our times.
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WHAT AN AWESOME BOOK
- De Rurik McKaiser en 09-20-21
De: Dambisa Moyo
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N-4 Down
- The Hunt for the Arctic Airship Italia
- De: Mark Piesing
- Narrado por: Matt Jamie
- Duración: 11 h y 17 m
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Triumphantly returning from the North Pole on May 24, 1928, the world-famous exploring airship Italia — code-named N-4 — was struck by a terrible storm and crashed somewhere over the Arctic ice, triggering the largest polar rescue mission in history. Helping lead the search was Roald Amundsen, the poles’ greatest explorer, who himself soon went missing in the frozen wastes. Amundsen’s body has never been found, the last victim of one of the Arctic’s most enduring mysteries....
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Interesting and entertaining
- De 2451 en 09-01-21
De: Mark Piesing
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Shrill
- Notes from a Loud Woman
- De: Lindy West
- Narrado por: Lindy West
- Duración: 6 h y 9 m
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Shrill is an uproarious memoir, a feminist rallying cry in a world that thinks gender politics are tedious and that women, especially feminists, can't be funny. Coming of age in a culture that demands women be as small, quiet, and compliant as possible - like a porcelain dove that will also have sex with you - writer and humorist Lindy West quickly discovered that she was anything but. With inimitable good humor, vulnerability, and boundless charm, Lindy boldly shares how to survive in a world where not all stories are created equal.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Bookclub or no bookclub?
- De Dan Mulligan en 06-17-16
De: Lindy West
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Stop Calling Me Beautiful
- Finding Soul-Deep Strength in a Skin-Deep World
- De: Phylicia Masonheimer
- Narrado por: Carla Mercer-Meyer
- Duración: 5 h y 34 m
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If you're tired of hearing the watered-down Christian teaching and hungry for a deeper spiritual life - one that gives real answers to your hardest questions - Stop Calling Me Beautiful teaches you how. Jesus doesn't offer a powerless salvation. He makes your brokenness part of his whole redemption story - if you allow him to. Don't settle for a feel-good faith. If you want victory over insecurity, fear, shame, and the circumstances you are facing, it's time to embrace Jesus. All of him.
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not what I expected, in a good way!!
- De Kristin en 09-03-20
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The Dictatorship of Woke Capital
- How Political Correctness Captured Big Business
- De: Stephen R. Soukup
- Narrado por: Bob Souer
- Duración: 6 h y 26 m
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For the better part of a century, the left has been waging a slow, methodical battle for control of the institutions of Western civilization. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the problem and the players involved, both on the aggressive, hard-charging left and in the nascent conservative resistance. Soukup explains what the left is doing and how and why the right must be prepared and willing to fight back to save this critical aspect of American culture from becoming another, more economically powerful version of the “woke” college campus.
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A Must Listen (Read)
- De Trial Time Expired en 05-22-21
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The Power of the Downstate
- Recharge Your Life Using Your Body's Own Restorative Systems
- De: Sara C. Mednick PhD
- Narrado por: Sara C. Mednick PhD
- Duración: 12 h y 4 m
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If you’re like most people, the relentless daily grind of go-go-go, do-do-do, can run down your energy and deplete your resources. While most of us find our lives full of “Upstate” moments that rev up our stress engines, it doesn’t have to be this way. World-renowned sleep researcher Sara C. Mednick, PhD, shows us how we can access the most replenishing and repairing aspects of sleep through activities and moments that happen during our day by diving into our “Downstate”.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Game Changer
- De MES en 01-22-23
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Nobody's Fool
- Why We Get Taken In and What We Can Do About It
- De: Daniel Simons, Christopher Chabris
- Narrado por: Andrew Sellon
- Duración: 9 h y 7 m
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From phishing scams to Ponzi schemes, fraudulent science to fake art, and marketers to magicians, our world brims with deception. In Nobody’s Fool, psychologists Daniel Simons and Christopher Chabris show us how to avoid being taken in. They describe the key habits of thinking and reasoning that serve us well most of the time but make us vulnerable—like our tendency to accept what we see, stick to our commitments, and value precision and consistency.
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2 out of 5 stars
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limited information, read other books, political leaning hard left
- De Johanjohanhaha en 08-06-24
De: Daniel Simons, y otros
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BuzzFeed Unsolved Supernatural
- 101 True Tales of Hauntings, Demons, and the Paranormal
- De: Ryan Bergara, Shane Madej, BuzzFeed
- Narrado por: Ryan Bergara, Shane Madej, Marc Vietor
- Duración: 6 h y 54 m
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Based off one of the most popular web series on the internet, Ryan Bergara and Shane Madej present BuzzFeed Unsolved Supernatural, 101 of the scariest, spookiest, and creepiest locations around the USA and a few abroad, with 50 percent brand-new content and locales exclusive to the book. As they explore the history behind haunted houses, creepy graveyards, former insane asylums, abandoned buildings, and horrifying hotels, Shane and Ryan use their trademark wit and humor to dissect each terrifying tale with their most hilarious highlights and biting commentary.
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5 out of 5 stars
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VERY good (if you’re a fan of BFU)
- De Allison en 09-16-22
De: Ryan Bergara, y otros
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I Used to Be a Miserable F*ck
- An Everyman’s Guide to a Meaningful Life
- De: John Kim
- Narrado por: John Kim
- Duración: 5 h y 5 m
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In I Used to Be a Miserable F*ck, Kim delivers the dos and don’ts for stepping up and into manhood, which he defines by transparency and strength of character, not six-pack abs or a corner office. With his signature no-nonsense approach that will make you laugh and think, Kim takes you on a rugged, rough-and-tumble road trip of self-exploration and discovery, sharing his wisdom and insights.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Some wisdom, some common knowledge.
- De Rick en 02-21-19
De: John Kim
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The Genesis Machine
- Our Quest to Rewrite Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology
- De: Amy Webb, Andrew Hessel
- Narrado por: Amy Webb, Andrew Hessel, Tim Campbell, y otros
- Duración: 10 h y 6 m
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Synthetic biology promises to reveal how life is created and how it can be re-created, enabling scientists to rewrite the rules of our reality. It could help us, for example, heal without prescription medications, grow meat without harvesting animals, or confront our looming climate catastrophe. Synthetic biology will determine the ways in which we conceive future generations and how we define family, how we identify disease and treat aging, where we make our homes, and how we nourish ourselves.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Thought provoking but politically biased
- De Andy en 07-02-22
De: Amy Webb, y otros
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Motorhome Prophecies
- A Journey of Healing and Forgiveness
- De: Carrie Sheffield
- Narrado por: Carrie Sheffield
- Duración: 9 h y 55 m
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In the vein of Educated and Hillbilly Elegy comes a young woman’s memoir chronicling her harrowing journey from despair to salvation that showcases the depths and resilience of the human spirit and empowers listeners on their own paths toward healing, forgiveness, and redemption.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beautiful conclusion!
- De Cathy Groth en 04-06-24
De: Carrie Sheffield
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- Anonymous User
- 12-30-20
Laugh out loud - SO MUCH FUN!
I love movie recaps and this was exactly what I was looking for at a time I am watching more movies than ever. Even if you haven’t seen some of these movies, you’ll want to after hearing Lindy’s take. I’m so excited for even those new to Lindy’s work to laugh out loud at her hilarious writing. Well done, Lindy! Just the book we needed!
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- Anonymous User
- 10-25-20
Watching the movies mentioned is not a prerequisite!
I don’t watch movies and got this book because I will consume anything Lindy West is involved in and somehow missed that it was about movies. First two sentences I though “shit, actually...maybe this book isn’t for me” glad I didn’t turn it off (tbh I was riding my bike and can’t mess with my phone without crashing yet) because it was amazing like everything else Lindy West does. Congrats on another book, please write more. And maybe come our gay wedding and be our officiant? ❤️
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- marissa marlborough
- 08-23-21
So good
This book is just a hoot. This is the second time I’ve listened to this and it just cracks me up!
Feminist writer Lindy West examines many of the problematic but beloved films of our past with her iconic wit. Her humor, candor, and critical eye blend so well in her writings.
Titanic, Forest Gump, Harry Potter, Love Actually, Twilight, American Pie, etc all have many troublesome moments that would not fly in modern movie making. Yes, we can still love these movies but realizing where some massive missteps have occurred is important in our growth as a society. West dives in headfirst with her feminist eye while still keeping the book a laugh out loud journey.
I loved West’s first memoir “Shrill” (I also adore the tv show) and bought this on audible the day it came out. She also narrates it splendidly. Her Sean Connery impression makes me giggle just thinking about it. If you want a laugh and to learn a few things, I highly recommend this audiobook!
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- Ask_Hou
- 01-30-23
Such a fun way to learn about some of these movies that I have not actually seen!
A few of the movies West rates in this book are ones I have not seen and I can’t really think of any better way to have experiences those stories than through her description!
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- roanjeilly
- 12-05-20
Sooo, so, SO very funny.
I loved every second of it. My fave is the one about "Garden State," but the entire book is solid gold. I now want Lindy in my head, saucily and hilariously narrating and reviewing my life, at all times.
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- Liz Miller
- 04-11-21
fun, energizing, relatable
overall really enjoyed this. lindy's reading is wonderful. many of these movies I hadn't seen but for the ones I had, I definitely was laughing the whole time.
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- stephen
- 08-24-21
The Gr8test movie reviewer I've ever ha8ed 2 ❤ !
Her wit and canny satire left me felling like the Best Shit, Actually!! Must Read.
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- DJ Becker
- 03-14-22
Hilarious!
I love Lindy West and this book does not disappoint. I don’t always agree with her assessment but I found each essay delightful. (She has great points in her scathing critique of Love Actually, and yet I still love the movie.). Her take-down of Top Gun had me rolling on the floor. Highly recommend!
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- Amazon Customer
- 10-26-23
On point AND hilarious, as always
Do yourself a favor and read/listen to all her work—the rest is a bit more serious yet you’re still laughing through it all.
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- Michelle M
- 01-17-21
Hilarious!
Lindy West is HILARIOUS. Her summaries of the plots of various movies made me laugh out loud SO many times. I love how she navigates the space of loving a problematic movie by making fun of how problematic it is by today's standards. And just making fun of plot holes and general logical fallacies of many popular movies. I also may be convinced to watch The Fugitive.
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