I think the version I had of this audiobook must have been abridged because it was only four CDs long. Truthfully, I'm glad it was. While it was certainly funny and even had some laugh-out-loud moments, I generally have limited tolerance for humor/biography books. They get repetitive. And even though the audio was abridged, I'm really glad it was read by the author. Since much of it seemed to be train-of-thought type writing, and some of it not even that connected, it was nice to get the proper inflection to make otherwise unwieldy sentences (like this one) come out right.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book, but I think I'm in Mindy Kaling's target demographic. If you're not, you'll probably just think it's inane and kind of annoying. True, there's not much in her life story that I can relate to other than being a chubby kid, but her general experiences are totally relatable and understandable.
Laughter is the best medicine.
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