You’re Better Than Me audiobook

The first half of the book is some of the most honest, awful, heartbreaking and hilarious prose that I've ever read in a memoir before. I've met Bonnie, performed with her several times, ate with her, and never knew any of that stuff. It was mindblowing. The latter half of the book kind of breezed through LCS, Vos Marriage, Motherhood, Road stories, and the lack of naming names came off as kind of a let down due to the personal and frank nature of the early stuff. But it was a fantastic book and easily cruised to the #1 spot on my list of memoirs by comedians, knocking Born Standing Up to #2. And Bedwetter by Sarah Silverman to #3.

Some of the reviews here illustrate the difficulties of being female in any male-dominated industry: you're an outsider to begin with and your harshest critics are other women. I'm guessing some of you would have been more comfortable if she had gone straight from the farm to the loving arms of her husband and the joys of motherhood? But interesting people think differently, go off on their own, take risks, and try uncomfortable things. Not every life generates a stream of happy instagram photos. This memoir is like a tonic for those of us who have been on a similarly awkward path toward finding our people and place.

I liked that! It was funny! Thanks for the good time!

Not a typical memoir but I'd definitely like to be hery friend so I'd have to say I liked it.

I'm not sure how I missed the work of this comedian but I definitely looked her up after I started reading this awkward and funny memoir.

Always worthwhile to enter the mind of a comic. What type of lunatic would volunteer to stand up alone on a stage and hope to make strangers laugh? The format seems to be set up for failure. The audience knows the comic is trying to get them to laugh. Knowing that the comic’s life is in their hands, I would think the audience is more likely to be cruel, i.e., not laugh. But this gamble is what makes stand-up comedy so thrilling. In the rare instance the comic succeeds, the payoff is big. On top of money and fame, getting a crowd of strangers to laugh when you want them to must be a high unlike any other. But again, what crazy person would choose to do this?Well, apparently someone who exhibits 6 of the 7 signs of a serial killer as listed on Wikipedia. With this delicious observation, Bonnie opens her highly entertaining memoir. As with all great comics, she is intelligent and has an unconventional and unique perspective on everything. She calls herself a weirdo. And you think she’s just being funny, but it hits home when she tells the reader that once upon a time when she was having lunch with an agent, the agent began choking and she just sat there silently watching as his face turned blue. When he fortunately dislodged the food himself, the agent appropriately said, “you are not a nice person.”

This review is full of bias, because I'm a big fan of Bonnie's comedy. However, this is a really entertaining book. I'm very interested in comedians' backgrounds and Bonnie has one of the most fascinating ones around. Very honest, very funny. I wish it was longer and I felt like the later chapters were a little glossed over. I even would've enjoyed a little more Vos, although he doesn't deserve it because he probably hasn't even read this yet. I highly recommend this if you're a fan of comedy, or females or laughter or having a good time.

A blunt description, almost like watching her thinking process outloud, about becoming a stand up comedian and finding her own voice. A fantastic way to understand their courage and emotions to face the public and try again and again to make people laugh for real. I always find this such a difficult job. A refreshing read with a very colourful language.

Meet a very unique, free thinking, honest individual. Actually she's not grossly honest like so much of today's comedy. You don't have to read toilet jokes.I was really touched by her growing up on a farm stories. Getting up early to milk her cows, making her own ice cream to sell at market. A life that we would define as poverty, but one that really gave her character and perspective.