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Suck It, Wonder Woman!: The Misadventures of a Hollywood Geek
by Olivia Munn, Mac Montandon (Goodreads Author)
by Olivia Munn, Mac Montandon (Goodreads Author)
Olivia Munn has been called the Queen of the Geeks because she co-hosts a show on G4, claims she loves video games and geek culture, and oh by the way, is also attractive. This book is part autobiography and part collection of random humor bits (or more accurately attempted humor bits). I only read this book because (1) I’m a geek, and felt I had to read it to maintain my geek cred; (2) I had free money in my iTunes account and the book was downloadable for iPads; and (3) Gizmodo posted an excerpt from the book that was relatively clever and funny (a short piece on how to survive a zombie attack, one of whose tips involved throwing a live kitten at the zombie to distract it so you can run away). If you are a fellow geek, or even if you are not, by all means avoid this dreck masquerading as a book. First, outside of the zombie piece, all of the other attempted humor bits fall flat; they simply aren’t very funny or clever. Second, outside of one section where Munn shares her thoughts and feelings about her grandmother’s death, the autobiographical parts aren’t very effective; that is, they reveal little, and try too hard to convey life lessons or emotion. And for someone who is supposedly a geek herself and loves geek culture, she shares nothing about herself in relation to that – no favorite video game experiences, no favorite geek movie lines, no favorite comic book characters and why, etc. Instead we get scenes about her being hit on by a famous unnamed Hollywood director. My biggest beef with the book is that Munn knows the reason she has a big geek fanbase (her looks) and tries to take advantage of that. She includes a “chapter” that consists of pictures of her dressed in scantily clad costumes (from Betsy Ross to Wonder Woman to Princess Leia, of course). She writes a chapter on why she’d rather date a geek (sure you would, Hollywood starlet; sure you would). And unsurprisingly, she includes an anecdote of a lesbian make-out experience she had with a hot friend – and even prefaces the story with the line “Note: You are about to be fully rewarded for buying this book”. Sorry, Olivia, some of us geeks aren’t that easy to please. If you’re an Olivia Munn stalker/obsessed fan, this book is for you, and you already bought ten copies. For every one else, this is the worst book I’ve read this year.
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Nov 05, 2011 05:45am
Judging by reviews that I have read, this book sounds like it makes it obvious how much of a phony she is. I can't believe anyone would actually believe her "geek" act. She's not even that hot. People act like she's a 10 but she's an 8 at best.
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