Book Review - It Looked Different On The Model by Laurie Notaro

It Looked Different On The Model

Author: Laurie Notaro

Publisher: Villard
Paperback: 240 pages
Published: July 26, 2011

GoodReads Summary:

With titles to her credit like Autobiography of a Fat Bride, We Thought You Would Be Prettier, and The Idiot Girls' Action-Adventure Club, it should not surprise us that Laurie Notaro would find ever-new ways to take embarrassment to dizzying new levels. It Looks Different on the Model, her first collection in four years, shows that freak-magnet fame has not armored this veteran humor columnist with self-assurance. The book's revelations include a butter-laden feast for vegan children; a post-office scandal; and apocalyptic email messages from her mother. One paperback original you won't regret.

My thoughts:

There isn't much to say with this review. (What a terrible way to start a review)! I always find essay books kind of hard to review. There's no real plot, setting etc. It's a short book of essays, just like her other books. There are some really funny ones in here and some not so funny ones. I have read everything that Laurie Notaro writes. Her books are always funny and make me laugh. So even though this wasn't my favorite book of hers I still thought it was good.

Her honesty is so refreshing. In a world where everyone tries to make themselves appear perfect, Laurie Notaro lets us all get a real look at her life - the good, the hairy, the smelly and the funny. Her writing is filled with snark and self-loathing.

My favorite essays had to be her showdown with a size medium shirt in the dressing room and the Ambien shopping .  Hilarious!  Hearing about how she managed to land herself on the "UNINVITED" list for the neighborhood Christmas party was pretty funny too. Some of the essays weren't as funny (the dog story? Post Office? what?), but overall the book was still good.

Just looked over on Amazon, and this book has (22)  5-star reviews and only (2) 2-star reviews. So obviously a lot of people loved it. I enjoyed Autobiography of a Fat Bride and We Thought You Would Be Prettier much better. If you're going to pick up any Laurie Notaro, I would suggest reading those first!

I also ran across THIS while checking out the book on Amazon. YES! An interview between my absolute favorite author, Jen Lancaster, and Laurie Notaro! Seriously go read it now! Hilarious!

Judge a Book By It's Cover: Don't really like this cover. It's not very eye-catching. The colors are boring.

4 Stars!

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*Disclosure: I actually read a book that I own. Awesome.  Yay Me.