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White Girl Problems

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Babe Walker, center of the universe, is a painstakingly manicured white girl with an expensive smoothie habit, a proclivity for Louboutins, a mysterious mother she's never met, and approximately 50 bajillion Twitter followers. But her "problems" have landed her in shopping rehab--that's what happens when you spend $246,893.50 in one afternoon at Barneys. Now she's decided...more

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Published January 17th 2012 by Hyperion

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Apr 15, 2012 Wendy rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: chick-lit, humor, memoirs

UPDATE: Okay, I've read this book now. It was hilarious, and that's coming from someone who didn't like the main character all that much.

The story focuses on the "life experiences" (if we can even call them that) of the author. I'm not entirely sure what anyone would classify this book, because it blurs the line between fiction and reality. The people that are discussed in the book are actually real people, but who knows exactly how truthful the stories told about them are. Some of the stories a...more

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May 12, 2012 Nicole rated it 4 of 5 stars

I really liked this book. I can't help it. It's completely ridiculous satire of the mega-rich and the unbelievable way in which they spend their time and money. Ok, it's not about all rich people. It's really just about Babe, one of the most horrible/wonderful characters in all of literature. It's like a grownup Clueless if Cher did recreational drugs and never had an epiphany moment. I want to feel ashamed and embarrassed for Babe, but I can't. I just kept reading on with my mouth slightly agap...more

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Feb 08, 2013 Cara rated it 4 of 5 stars

I read a profile in the Daily Beast of the brothers Tanner and David Oliver Cohen and Lara Schoenhals, a trio who had used Twitter to create the character of Babe Walker, an ultra-spoiled LA rich girl who makes self-centered, narcissistic comments. Babe's tweets were a hit and they put together a book, White Girl Problems.

While on vacation I read the book and was entertained; Babe Walker is an outrageous character. We learn that she is in rehab for a shopping addiction and feeling that her fell...more

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Feb 06, 2013 Emily rated it 5 of 5 stars

“Money Can’t Buy Happiness, But I’d Rather Be Sad in A Mansion”
When I first saw White Girl Problems on the shelves in Target, I laughed and thought to myself, “What has this society come to?” I mean who is going to read a book with a title like this. I would be embarrassed to purchase a book with this title. I walked over to the shelf and picked the book up. I read the back of the book and actually found it quite funny. While I was waiting for my mom to finish getting everything she needed, I sa...more
“Money Can’t Buy Happiness, But I’d Rather Be Sad in A Mansion”
When I first saw White Girl Problems on the shelves in Target, I laughed and thought to myself, “What has this society come to?” I mean who is going to read a book with a title like this. I would be embarrassed to purchase a book with this title. I walked over to the shelf and picked the book up. I read the back of the book and actually found it quite funny. While I was waiting for my mom to finish getting everything she needed, I sat on the floor of Target and began to read the book.
I read the first few chapters and could not put it down. Froms Babe’s love/hate relationship with her nanny to her many different types of friends she makes, I was literally laughing out loud. Babe Walker takes all of these crazy, superficial problems that the upper class tend to deal with and turns them in to a bigger and more real problem. Her somewhat bazaar problems all have a deeper meaning to them.
The fact that Babe considers this book a memoir of her life, makes it all the better. Her stories are completely crazy and down right unimaginable. The main reason I was able to stick with this book is because it is unpredictable. There us no telling what Babe is going to do best. I cannot remember the last time I read a book where I could not tell you the ending by the middle of the book. “White Girl Problems,” is a girl version of Tucker Max’s “I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell.” It is raunchy and fun loving all at the same time. I would definitely consider this book to be only read from women 18 and up.
Although Babe is snotty, rich, bratty, stuck up, and completely spoiled, I believe we all have a little “Babe walker” in us. She is the definition of someone we all love to hate. We all secretly want to be her and also want to be away from her at the same time. We are also exposed to these types of people everyday of our lives, weather it is on TV or in real life. She is like a modern day version of Marylyn Monroe, only with no filter and zero class.
I promise, give this book a chance and you will not be able to put it down. You will be living with her through her very detailed and elaborate stories. You will have to ignore the weird looks you receive from other people while you are laughing to yourself, while reading this hilarious book.
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Nov 28, 2012 Kim rated it 5 of 5 stars

My overall satisfaction of this book would definitely be five stars. Babe always does something stupid, or humiliating to make you laugh. There is not a boring sentence in this book, at all. Also the ending of this book was amazing; it almost had me in tears. Anyone who thinks otherwise must not be reading the same book I read!
This book is about the lifestyle of Babe Walker. Babe takes you through her life story while she is in rehab. She talks about her difficult childhood and her struggles as...more

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Oct 16, 2012 Migdalia rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: fiction-comic

Sometimes you just have to read something silly. Sometimes you need something so outrageous to help you put things in perspective while you have a small crisis. Sometimes hearing about a fictional someone's fantastical problems is all you need for a laugh and to put things straight.

Such is White Girl Problems by the pseudonymous Babe Walker. The book is actually an offshoot of a Twitter feed that took off. Basically someone's satirical look at spoiled little rich girls in LA became hugely popula...more Sometimes you just have to read something silly. Sometimes you need something so outrageous to help you put things in perspective while you have a small crisis. Sometimes hearing about a fictional someone's fantastical problems is all you need for a laugh and to put things straight.

Such is White Girl Problems by the pseudonymous Babe Walker. The book is actually an offshoot of a Twitter feed that took off. Basically someone's satirical look at spoiled little rich girls in LA became hugely popular and enough so to spawn a book.

For the uninitiated, here's the general description from Publishers Weekly:
Twitter feed phenomenon Babe Walker, the booze-fueled creation of brothers Tanner and David Oliver Cohen and gal pal Lara Schoenhals, makes the leap onto the printed page with a snarky, satirical diary/memoir of how the poor-little-rich-girl goes from the lap of luxury to rehab after a 246,893.50 shopping spree meltdown at Barneys.... With a friends-and-family circle consisting of her music-industry lawyer dad, Jamaican baby nurse Mabinty, frenemy Genevieve, and gay-guy BFF Roman, Babe is a chic shopaholic in search of a labiaplasty, a therapist, a job, and true love.

Babe is Elle Woods if Elle took to shopping with sociopathic glee. You could argue that she is a sociopath, but instead of murdering people, she kills her father's bank account. The ladies of Ab Fab would raise their martini and champagne glasses to her and invite her over if it weren't that she'd take too long to get there. (well, she is in LA.)

Her therapist correctly diagnoses her as having Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Understatement. Babe's so self-absorbed that a sponge would be envious. What makes it funny and touching is that you can't hate her. Her problems are too silly. She's too ridiculous. Her problems may be exaggerated, but there is a little of the "I know someone like that," here or in the social circle she has.

You can pity her. She has two real friends who are completely honest with her. The rest of the people she meets are people she uses or who use her. Her father genuinely loves her, but he's too busy working or enabling her to really understand that his daughter is not right in the head. Her nannyis a co-conspirator who is more concerned with Babe getting out of situations than she is about preventing them in the first place. Babe's grandmother is simply Babe at 70. Babe imagines relationships with men based on one look or one fleeting moment. At some point, she never got past the doll-playing stage. Instead of the plastic or neoprene variety, though, they're now live action (humans). "Due to her underlying insecurities and doubts about herself, she is constantly seeking admiration and praise from those around her," the therapist writes. Who doesn't know people like that? I have a few girl friends who still seek approval from parent(s)/sibling(s)/friend(s)/some authority figure.

However, that therapist is the only one one who sees that the woman is mental. When Babe sends a proxy to her therapy session, and the therapist - of course- throws the proxy out, she gets a text message from Babe saying, "Why did you reject me like that? I needed you today?"Another time, the therapist is waiting for Babe when a ringing cell phone crashes through the office window. It's Babe. "I just can't be confined by the walls of the office today...." Naturally upset, the therapist tries to explain how outrageous this behavior is, but "BW couldn't see to grasp the severity of her actions. She had already scheduled for a new window to be installed in my office." Babe has no conscience. She has no filters. Normally, we lock up those people or give the part to Julia Louis Dreyfus.

This is by no means great prose. You will not learn some hidden truth. This is not Paul Coelho or Deepak Chopra material. It is light and easy to read. If it takes more than an evening, it's only because you were multitasking. (Myself, I had one eye on Game 2 of the 2012 MLB NLDS, yet I got through 90% of the book.) It's got VERY strong language and some very vivid text about sex. It's actually important for understanding Babe Walker and her world. Her crazy, messed up world. I mentioned how you can pity her before. That's because whether you like it or not/believe it or not, this kind of world does exist. She's crazy because her world is crazy. She never had a chance That's sad. Think of it this way: This is Cher from Clueless if her father never looked after her and was never active in her life. Dan Hedaya's looking really good now!(less)

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Jul 11, 2012 Dana rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2012

I'm assuming that the authors (two men and a woman) did not mean for this to be taken as seriously as some reviews are suggesting. I live on long island, New York and found this book HIGHLY entertaining. I love the writing style of memoirs, and even though it isn't a real one, it itched the scratch I had to read one, as I had not in so long. This book was hysterical, with a spoiled brat hardly unlike people I have met in my town.

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Feb 01, 2012 Julian Fitzsimons rated it 4 of 5 stars

Many people will have heard of this novel based on the Twitter account in its likeness, or fashion articles that promote it, so it is easy to assume that it is a frothy, content-free read; personally, that would be making a pretty big mistake. The novel stars Babe Walker, a filthy rich girl who is best friends with her stay-in nanny, and is now at a rehabilitation center for her shopping addiction, where she writes out all of her misadventures in a journal. Some of these stories are purely anecd...more Many people will have heard of this novel based on the Twitter account in its likeness, or fashion articles that promote it, so it is easy to assume that it is a frothy, content-free read; personally, that would be making a pretty big mistake. The novel stars Babe Walker, a filthy rich girl who is best friends with her stay-in nanny, and is now at a rehabilitation center for her shopping addiction, where she writes out all of her misadventures in a journal. Some of these stories are purely anecdotal, situations gone awry, others genuinely make you feel badly for Babe. While this sounds like a Confessions of a Shopaholic rehashing, it is definitely not. Babe is never afraid to be rude or unlikeable, and her narrative is filled with hilarious lines that, unlike other novels of this "genre", are more laughing with her than at her. It is hard to define why exactly this novel is so appealing, but I'd start with that it is hilarious, never afraid to offend, charismatic, and sometimes deep. The ending is good, something more definitive would have been preferred, unless they are planning for a sequel, in which case, that would be perfect. This is not an inspired novel, but more of an inspired character, and it is her presence that drives the entire book and is what makes it interesting. She also, quite surprisingly, gets away with a lot, and her sassy antics do not (at least not for me) make you cringe or hate Babe. Even when her therapist trashes her, listing off traits and occurrences that are quite incriminating, you can't help but disagree, and root for Babe. So, it is a good book, with a lot of funny stories, but it's definitely Babe who leaves the largest impression, and not the events in the novel. I think they could benefit from doing a sequel, but to be honest, not in this style of narrative, but as one genuine story, with a start, middle, and end. If they choose to, this works as the perfect prelude and introduction to a fabulously bitchy and lovable character.(less)

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Sep 04, 2012 Mw rated it 4 of 5 stars

At first, I was skeptical about reading this book (let alone being seen in public with it); but I needed a mental break from my business courses so here I find myself.....giggling to outright guffawing by Babe Walker's "clueless-meets-TMZ" inspired antics. It was hilarious in a superficial way in which we could only imagine a person with Babe's "trials and tribulations" would experience in her designer logo emblazoned life. One could also see where the authors gleaned bits of their tawdry tale f...more

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Feb 26, 2013 Natalie rated it 2 of 5 stars

I picked this up while strolling through Barnes and Noble, and the first line of the book was so hilarious that I decided to buy it, thinking that the rest of the book would follow suit.

Unfortunately, I was wrong, and the first line turned out to be the funniest line in the entire book.

It seems that people adore Babe Walker--and all of her "white girl problems." Either that, or they take her--and her minimization of problems that are actually very real--too seriously. I suppose I can see either...more I picked this up while strolling through Barnes and Noble, and the first line of the book was so hilarious that I decided to buy it, thinking that the rest of the book would follow suit.

Unfortunately, I was wrong, and the first line turned out to be the funniest line in the entire book.

It seems that people adore Babe Walker--and all of her "white girl problems." Either that, or they take her--and her minimization of problems that are actually very real--too seriously. I suppose I can see either side (though the latter a bit more), but I fall into neither of those categories.

First of all, marketing it as a memoir is a bit misleading, as is using real names, etc. in the book. I hadn't heard of the Babe Walker phenomenon when I bought it, so to be completely honest, I thought I was purchasing a memoir. It was approximately three chapters in when I kept thinking 'this CAN'T be real,' and googled it. If Babe Walker WERE real, I wouldn't have been able to finish.

The problem I had with this book is that--to me--the main character is irredeemably unlikable. She learns nothing, and teaches nothing. She's annoying, selfish, rude, and does nothing to change that. So, it was hard for me to read about her "life" during each chapter. I just didn't care what happened to Babe Walker. And it's hard to say that a book that produces that type of emotion is anything better than mediocre.

Sure, there have been novels with extremely unlikable main characters--but, the good writing has usually made up for that. Not the case here.

The writers are prolific in Valley Girl speak, and that's pretty much that. There are a few funny moments in the book, but by and large Babe's "memoir" drags on for entirely too long for a book without a real character arc.

I give it 2 stars, and that's just because I was able to finish it.

Bottom line: Annoying and unlikable main character, mediocre writing, no character arc. Nto a recommendation I will be giving when someone asks if I've read anything good lately.(less)

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Jun 05, 2012 Sandy Cox rated it 3 of 5 stars

No one has problems like Babe Walker. But, really, imagine how difficult your life would be if:

· You had your fashion career and love life derailed by your crazy alter ego, Babette

· You got fired from Daddy’s law firm after 6 hours of work, because there was a there was a slight misunderstanding between you and your father’s secretary. (Something about you being hired as an assistant not a lawyer, even though everyone could see that your outfit screamed LAWYER!)

· Oh and now you’re in rehab for c...more

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Feb 01, 2013 Maria Joseph Books rated it 3 of 5 stars

If you aren't afraid of the f-bomb, this book is funny. Disclaimer: Please remember that this a work of fiction and is meant to be humorous. The main character is angry, young, and presumably filthy rich. "During our first session, Jackson told me I could trust him, and that recovery was about accepting help from others. Quick question: how am I supposed to trust a man who works at a rehab facility in Utah? Does he not realize how creepy that is? He talks to psychos 24/7. I'm not going to just o...more

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Dec 11, 2012 Charlotte Happel added it

Charlotte Happel
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Walker, Babe. White Girl Problems. New York: Hyperion, 2012.
I hate having questions at the end of a book that wasn’t at all a “cliff hanger”. It’s not fair to me, as the reader, to still have questions after reading a book such as White Girl Problems by Babe Walker. I liked this book, but there where too many unanswered questions, my main question being, “Is this real or not?’ The author writes this book about herself and her friends and while thes...more Charlotte Happel
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Walker, Babe. White Girl Problems. New York: Hyperion, 2012.
I hate having questions at the end of a book that wasn’t at all a “cliff hanger”. It’s not fair to me, as the reader, to still have questions after reading a book such as White Girl Problems by Babe Walker. I liked this book, but there where too many unanswered questions, my main question being, “Is this real or not?’ The author writes this book about herself and her friends and while these are all real people, the Library of Congress categorized it as fiction. I found this constant idea of fiction vs. non-fiction constantly distracting me while reading this book. The relationships Babe Walker writes about seem so real, but the event and actions make me believe that it’s not. Part of me wishes this book was real, just because babe Walker is hysterical.
One of the chapters in White Girl Problems is all about her birthday parties and how they never end well. She goes on to tell you about her 12th birthday party and how her and her friends accidentally ate her grandmother’s medicinal marijuana macaroons. “About an hour later, everyone at the party was unknowingly stoned. My hot tub was filled with twelve tweenage girls, blazed out of their minds…” (Walker, 4%)
This is just one of the many examples the crazy experiences Babe Walker writes about.
This book connects to Hollywood so well. Everything is so over the top. It is all about stereotypical rich people and how they spend their money. Babe Walker reminds me of a child who grew up in Hollywood, very used to getting her way.
The one thing I wish I could do is meet the real Babe Walker. I want to ask her about her friends in the book and if they are really like that in real life. I want to ask her if her grandmother really did purposely mauled by a lion because she had cancer. Not only do I want answers about the book, but also I want to see if she is as crazy as she seems. Overall Babe Walker seems really cool. Even if her stories aren’t true, she still has to be pretty amazing to think of all of them.
White Girl Problems is one of those books that is very stupid and has no point to it whatsoever; but its so entertaining. I found myself never wanting to put the book down. I always wanted to see the insane thing Babe Walker did nest. Not only was it hard to put down, but also it was extremely funny.
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Oct 22, 2012 Kasey Cook rated it 2 of 5 stars

Well I read White Girl Problems after being suggested by a friend. It's a mock-memoir that my friend actually thought was real but is actually written by 3 hipsters mocking the life of the wealthy. I think that is probably what I disliked most about this book because of my distaste for people who are "hipsters." That's a whole other argument though. I felt like I was reading the book version of Clueless and did not find the idea original. While there were some parts I enjoyed and laughed at, I a...more

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Nov 04, 2012 Brittany rated it 5 of 5 stars

‘White Girl Problems’ is an autobiography by Babe Walker that is two hundred and eighty-eight pages. The book follows the somewhat raunchy Babe Walker, a daddy’s girl living in the heart of Los Angeles. She's mainly known for her witty Twitter account, 'White Girl Problems' which, in a way goes along with the book itself. Filled with an infinite number hilarious moments ‘White Girl Problems’ had me both on the edge of my seat and laughing out load! I usually despise autobiographies and biographi...more

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Jan 07, 2013 Kristin rated it 3 of 5 stars

I actually would give this 3.5 stars out of 5. It was quite humorous. With the way it was written, I was able to imagine the characters voice sharing this information with me.

While many things in the book were humorous, they were also somewhat absurd. Many times I found myself thinking "Are you serious?" Throughout the book, I caught myself thinking that the character's thoughts/opinions are probably similar to the thoughts that Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian have.

I am a huge fan of Jen Lanca...more

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Nov 05, 2012 Maureen rated it 3 of 5 stars

From reading these reviews it is clear that most people missed the point of this book. It is satire. Babe Walker and her "white girl problems" are not real. The authors are mocking a fictional Babe Walker and her problems, and thus all wealthy, entitled girls and their "problems." Hence the original twitter handle #whitegirlproblems that spawned this book. This book should not make you angry that it should really be titled "spoiled brat problems" - that's like getting mad at Suri Cruise for writ...more

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Feb 23, 2012 Jennyjennjen rated it 2 of 5 stars

I rarely write reviews but I feel inclined to do so for this book. I seen some reviews saying i read this is two days, couldn't put it down! If it takes you longer than two days (it's a 200 and some change page book) you have much bigger problems... AlSo if you are on a limited budget and are trying to decide between two books, go for the other choice. I bought this in need of comedic relief, and was highly disappointed! These aren't white girl problems!! These are rich, shallow, idiotic girl pr...more

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Dec 09, 2012 Megan Costello rated it 2 of 5 stars

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. "White Girl Problems" was very disappointing to me. I didn't realize that it was based off of a Twitter account when I bought the book, and I thought it was going to be funnier than what it was. The fact that it is told from, Babe Walker's perspective is annoying. This book in total took me two days to read. However, I needed a four day intermission because she annoyed me so much!

Babe Walker is a made up character who decides to write her memoir because her life is supposedly so interesting. Ho...more

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Dec 05, 2012 Shamekia rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: chick-lit

Super funny and super entertaining :D I happened upon this accidentally in my library and the 1st paragraph pulled me in. Babe Walker is a COMPLETELY narcissistic, self-absorbed, emotionally fragile rich kid that spends way too much time partying/drugging/shopping and sketching fabulous ensembles. She's also quite hilarious! I have NOTHING in common with her and despite getting a little annoyed at her bratty superficiality from time to time, she gave me quite a few LOLs (hence the 4 stars). A fe...more

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Jul 17, 2012 Samantha rated it 3 of 5 stars

White Girl Problems by Babe Walker...what can I say about this book? If you're looking for a book about a narcissistic person, this is the book for you. It's techincally classified as 'humor', however I found it humorless...or maybe my idea of 'humor' is just different that the authors? I get that the title is called, 'White Girl Problems' but it should more acturately be called 'Problems of an Upper Class Spoiled Rich Girl' because that's what it is. I am glad to see that the author went to 're...more

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Jul 02, 2012 Jen Evans rated it 2 of 5 stars

It's a great thing I ignored Tori Spelling's review on the cover. This book was barely "laugh-out-loud" funny and didn't even approached "pee-in-your-Cosabellas" funny. While it's blatant that this book is about a drama queen and the stories may be a stretch, all the fun is ruined when you find out it was written by the Coen brothers and some PR girl. At least when Jen Lancaster writes her bitchy dialogue, you can at least assume something of that nature was said out loud in real life. Reading t...more

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Jul 20, 2012 Holly Mayes rated it 4 of 5 stars

Hilarious!
This woman reminds me of Paris Hilton, except she's funny.
Her father is a rich entertainment attorney in California, and she is one of those privileged spoiled brats. It starts off in a rehab center where she gets admitted after a $246,893.50 spending spree at Barney's. Who has $250,000 for clothes?!?!

But the way she tells her stories makes me laugh out loud.

She talks about relationships, birthday parties, her grandmother "Tai Tai", her maid/BFF Mabinty, having a job, and her sex life...more

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Jul 15, 2012 Sarah rated it 3 of 5 stars

This book had some funny moments. I especially liked when her therapist she's had since she was seven falls asleep during her session and Babe steals her notes. The irony was not lost on me that she could not believe her therapist had diagnosed her with Narcissistic Personality Disorder. She felt her therapist didn't know her very well, but the therapist's notes about Babe's behavior were hysterical and insightful to her true nature. Her character is unlikable for the most part due to her comple...more

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Mar 13, 2012 Morgan rated it 4 of 5 stars

Babe Walker managed to write a personal, funny, touching and yes, crazy, but coherent memoir. I've followed her on twitter for a while and I have to say the book was more serious than I had anticipated but I really enjoyed it. I liked her writing style. She is supremely confident even when discussing the most ridiculous things (e.g., designing dashikis for charity, Splenda cubes for dessert, her fabulous personal trainer). As an LA native almost the same age I loved the book. Walker's opinions o...more

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Apr 25, 2013 Sylvia Ta rated it 3 of 5 stars

I did really like this book, but i didn't love it. Hence the 3/5 rating.
Babe keeps you entertained throughout her memoir, and I didn't find myself getting annoyed with her as much as I thought I would. I normally have really low tolerance for people like her, they often remind me too much of the people that I went to highschool with. But Babe was so extreme that I was far more enterained than I was frustrated.
I don't have much to say about the book though. It was an extremely easy read, and I...more

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Feb 21, 2013 Kristen rated it 5 of 5 stars

This book is absolutely hilarious. I think I laughed out loud during every chapter, if not every page. It was never boring because the main character is just so utterly ridiculous. I actually thought this was a biography at first and that made it even more incredible. There is this one chapter where the main character has a personal trainer whose workout routine is just to penetrate her while she is on the various exercise machines! That is when I decided to look up if this book was real or not....more

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Nov 12, 2012 Jordan Scott rated it 5 of 5 stars

It all starts with the one and only Babe Walker. She has lived in Hollywood all of her life with her father, grandmother, and her Jamaican nanny. Babe’s mother left her dad when he was only about 20 with Babe. He had no clue what to do. He was left with no choice but to make her life amazing. As Babe grows up nothing goes right for her, she always has a horrifying birthday party, or she hates everyone at school. After having such a “horrible” life so far, she bottoms out at Barney’s. She decides...more

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Aug 03, 2012 Shoshanah rated it 3 of 5 stars

Sometimes I think they might be something wrong with me because I don't always get comedic books. It's not that I don't enjoy them, but that I read them as if it's a serious subject. And while I liked this, and thought it was humorous, it never actually got me to laugh. (If that explanation even makes sense to anyone else.)

Don't be fooled by the book's author, but there isn't actually a Babe Walker. Instead it's written by the same 3 people that run the @whitegrlproblem twitter feed. I'm not com...more

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Aug 08, 2012 Shandea rated it 2 of 5 stars

Parts of this book are "laugh-out-loud" hilarious, but most of it was annoying.

My main complaints are as follows:

(1) I am not a chic fashionista. I know nothing about hottest designer brands. Shopping at Banana Republic or Nordstrom is splurging for me, so I know nothing about the fancy schmancy brands she constantly references.

(2) White PRIVILEGED girl problems tend to just piss me off. I can't imagining having a maid, an on-call therapist or an ATM machine for a father sooooo I can't relate...more

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