Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned" in Our Shared Shelf

Oct 16, 2014 Rachel rated it liked it

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“I can't find a goddamn f*cking job and I'm too fat to be a stripper."

This book is a solid 3.5, but I can't quite give it 4 stars - mostly because I'm an over 40 woman listening to stories from an under 30 woman which elicits way too many eye rolls. Also, I like Lena Dunham's "Girls" on HBO a lot and possibly had unrealistic expectations on how much I would like her autobiography. She is witty and funny in this book, I just wanted more. I only related to a handful of her essays, but when I did r ...more

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Oct 07, 2014 Kate rated it it was amazing

Finished it in a day. That should say it all. I. Loved. This book. I thought it was funny, introspective, and surprisingly wise and self-aware from an author whose had a very unique and privileged life thus far. I hate to use this word, but it was REAL.

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Mar 20, 2015 Elizabeth rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Mainly a collection of short essays, Lena Dunham is as honest and witty as you would expect from the writer/director of Girls. She is self-aware enough to offer little advice but reveals her self to be as complex, unsure, creative and funny as many of the women she writes about.

Her best piece of advice:

Things that are not ok to say to friends: "Maybe you should open a store. That would be a good job for you!" ...more

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Jun 29, 2016 Christine Hopkins rated it it was amazing

I gave in to the hype and I'm so glad I did. Absolutely loved it - she's endearing and honest in a way none of the other recent autobiographical novels of this genre have been. ...more

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