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The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo

Amy Schumer

Start date: April 1, 2017

Finish date: April 30, 2017

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Sep 23, 2016 Laci Carrera | Book Pairings rated it liked it

I am not a Amy Schumer mega fan. Her comedy oscillates between self-deprecating humour, food jokes, and sex jokes. I could live without the sex jokes. I think she is much smarter than she lets on, but these jokes are what she built her career on. In her standup, I want to see more of her intellect than her vagina drama. Knowing this, I should have expected that her collection of stories would have a similar effect on me.

I felt like this book was very bipolar. One minute you are immersed in a ri ...more

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Oct 08, 2016 Laura • lauralovestoread rated it liked it

"I fully accept myself as the girl with the lower back tattoo. This is not to say that I don't have regrets. Fuck yes, I regret getting this ugly tattoo that I thought signified toughness when it really just symbolized how lost and powerless I was when I was an 18-year-old girl. But I forgive that girl. I pity that girl, and I love that girl."

No words could be spoken more true to MY 19-year-old self than this. I read The Girl With the Lower Back Tattoo because I love Amy Schumer and I loved her ...more

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Jun 27, 2017 Carla rated it liked it

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I was pleasantly surprised by this one. While memoir is my favorite genre, it's hard to write a good one that motivates the reader to keep turning pages. In my opinion, they're done really, really well, or really, really bad. This one falls exactly in the middle of the road for me - which, in this case, is actually a good thing! I appreciated Schumer's openness and honesty - I expected nothing less from a stand up comedian. However, I could have done without the repetitive sexual talk. It was vu ...more

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Sep 06, 2016 Veronica rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I'm a fan but I mostly only know Schumer's stand-up work. This wasn't always a laugh out loud book like Jessi Klein's which I also read recently. The book made me appreciate Amy as a real person. Someone relatable, flawed, and someone who works hard at doing what she loves.
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Aug 15, 2018 Haley rated it really liked it

I do not read non-fiction unless it’s these celebrity memoirs. Love my girl Amy & I listened to this through my Audible app, which was also narrated by her. It means so much more when you read a book, written by someone about their life experiences & they’re actually reading it to you.

I laughed and laughed and laughed. So glad I read it!

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