Author: Mindy Kaling
Published: September 15, 2015
Publisher: Crown Archetype
In Why Not Me?,
Kaling shares her ongoing journey to find contentment and excitement in
her adult life, whether it’s falling in love at work, seeking new
friendships in lonely places, attempting to be the first person in
history to lose weight without any behavior modification whatsoever, or
most important, believing that you have a place in Hollywood when you’re
constantly reminded that no one looks like you.
In “How to Look
Spectacular: A Starlet’s Confessions,” Kaling gives her tongue-in-cheek
secrets for surefire on-camera beauty, (“Your natural hair color may be
appropriate for your skin tone, but this isn’t the land of
appropriate–this is Hollywood, baby. Out here, a dark-skinned woman’s
traditional hair color is honey blonde.”) “Player” tells the story of
Kaling being seduced and dumped by a female friend in L.A. (“I had been
replaced by a younger model. And now they had matching bangs.”) In
“Unlikely Leading Lady,” she muses on America’s fixation with the weight
of actresses, (“Most women we see onscreen are either so thin that
they’re walking clavicles or so huge that their only scenes involve them
breaking furniture.”) And in “Soup Snakes,” Kaling spills some secrets
on her relationship with her ex-boyfriend and close friend, B.J. Novak
(“I will freely admit: my relationship with B.J. Novak is weird as
hell.”)
Mindy turns the anxieties, the glamour, and the
celebrations of her second coming-of-age into a laugh-out-loud funny
collection of essays that anyone who’s ever been at a turning point in
their life or career can relate to. And those who’ve never been at a
turning point can skip to the parts where she talks about meeting
Bradley Cooper.
The way she wrote this was for the reader to enjoy at the same time to inspire them (us). That’s how she is in real life maybe? I think meeting her in person would be awesome too. The book tells how much she’s been through from her entire celebrity life I could sense it was hard but still she managed to make everything enjoyable. I like how she sees life in her own way, it was like no matter what you throw at her she has a way to get out of the storm and comes back again.
In some parts of the book I could also relate to her and also some parts I feel like I pity her. It was the way she narrates she was trying her best but no one wants her and I know exactly how that felt, that specific part of the book when she threw a party and she kept trying to invite everyone? It was… awkward and annoying at the same time.
But all in all, I adore this woman. She’s full of positivity and inspiration, she makes all the people around her happy and with positive vibes. In her book she might be asking for love but on the positive side she’s diverting to something else just to overcome that side of her life. She may be picky or something? But I can’t blame her for that all I know is she’ll find the right man for her. She’s a strong woman after all.
As a reader, I was inspired in her doings, some might sound crazy and I don’t know if she’s serious but others? She has a point. I like her advice to the graduates of a University also her advice to a child that asked her “Where do you get your confidence?” that was a question that is difficult to answer.
I think Mindy is a kind of person who you will enjoy talking because she’s full of words and honest woman. She’ll say what she has to say no matter what that is and she’ll make sure you get to laugh when she’s around. Well, that’s how her book told me. The book itself is a self-help. People should read this if they want to have a different perspective or view in life.
 |
| My Ratings |
Home of a Book Lover 