Andrea Dekker
27 March 2014
Bossypants
Review
Title: Bossypants
Author: Tina Fey
Length: 250
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Price: $8.99
Bossypants Review
By Andrea Dekker
Within
the first chapter, Tina Fey reveals how she received the scar across her face,
from a person slashing her in a back ally, while she was a kindergartener. I
found the most interesting and inspiring aspect from this “tragedy” is how she
handles the aftermath and the reactions she received from people noticing her
scar. Fey does not see it as impairing or ugly, she actually accepted the
attention and did not mind answering the questions. Fey noticed a reoccurring
personality trait in every person who did ask, “egomaniacs of average
intelligence or less”. This scene from, the book, is very revealing of the
author’s personality, confidence, and ambition
Photo by Jeff Vespa - © 2012 Jeff Vespa
Uniquely Qualified:
Tine
Fey has many great qualities that qualify her as a writer, performer,
professional, mother and wife. Fey practiced and performed what she loved,
improvisation comedy, which later led her to writing and performing on "SaturdayNight Live", and creating the television show "30 Rock". Along with many films,
she has appeared in, Fey wrote and co-starred in the movie "Means Girls". Fey
discloses, in Bossypants, many life
experiences, struggles, and accomplishments, attributing to her knowledge and unique
viewpoint on life’s situations. Tine Fey is a talented writer, and shares her
life through her humorous writing.
Public Relations tool:
Bossypants
is a great public relations tool for the author, in that Fey tells her life
journey to present day, sharing her personal viewpoints to her readers. This
expression is good public relations because the entire book is about Tina Fey.
From cover to cover the reader knows what and whom the book is about.
Writing style:
I
enjoyed the sarcastic and humorous writing style throughout the book. There was
never a boring or not relatable moment in Bossypants.
However, the book does jump around in different periods of her life, which at
times, I found difficult to follow.
Content:
By
reading Bossypants I have learned about
Tina Fey’s life and the journey she took to becoming successful. Before reading
her book I did not know all the hard work and different aspects of the performing
arts that she was involved in. I also learned about the many, and sometimes difficult situations women
can be in while working in the professional world.
Recommendations:
I
recommend this book to all women. Bossypants
embraces women leadership through the life stories of Tine Fey. Its’ funny and
inspiring and can be relatable to all women of many ages. This book is for those
who love to laugh and who read for enjoyment.
Photo by Hachette Book Group
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