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| Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea | 
 enlarge | Author: Chelsea Handler
Publisher: Simon Spotlight Entertainment
Category: Book
List Price: $24.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  200 reviews
Sales Rank: 62
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 272
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.8 x 1.2
ISBN: 1416954120
Dewey Decimal Number: 306.7092
EAN: 9781416954125
ASIN: 1416954120
Publication Date: April 22, 2008
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| Customer Reviews:
 Uh...Whut? May 25, 2008
26 out of 36 found this review helpful
I am very much familiar with Handler's humor and I watch her late night shows fairly regularly. Some of her jokes are borderline tasteless but I find them funny, nonetheless.
Unfortunately, IMO, her humor doesn't translate well in a book. The best way I can describe this book is that it's like watching one of those Wayans Brother's movies; it's marketed as a comedy but you ended up laughing the first few scenes and disgusted with the rest or leaving at the middle of the screening.
The book is just one far-fetched story after another and while funny on few parts...the rest are just...well...stupid....not even remotely funny.
I urge everyone to avoid this garbage. Seeing this novel garner so much positive reviews made me lose a lot of confidence on Amazon's rating system.
 I love this woman! April 16, 2008
19 out of 29 found this review helpful
I wish I could find a woman like her! You must get this book! and watch her show! I agree with the other reviwer on two things she can hang with the guys and Mr Instability is hilarious.
Hilarious April 13, 2008
18 out of 30 found this review helpful
Chelsea, ranks up there with Silverman with a one of the guys kind of woman attitude. So men and woman should check this one out! My new favorite laugh out loud book is Mr Instability and this one may be right there with it!
Unreadable May 30, 2008
17 out of 22 found this review helpful
I love Chelsea and even went to her book signing, waited two hours and paid the full price for it. This book is unreadable. It is stupid, badly written, obviously very embellished, and kinda gross. I read Sedaris, Buroughs, and Lancaster. I mean this is my favorite genre, but she did not pull it off. You can tell she is trying so hard to be funny and get one liners in, that you get no connection to her. Bummer!
Very disappointed... July 16, 2008
14 out of 17 found this review helpful
Note to Kindle owners - download the first chapter of the book. If the first chapter makes you laugh then you may enjoy the book. If you're not laughing at that point it doesn't get much better.
I've just finished reading the book and it was one of the hardest times I've ever had finishing a book. Although there are a few laughs here and there, the book wasn't hilarious to say the least. You might laugh once and then wait another chapter or three before the next one comes along. I bought the book because of all of the "rave - laugh out loud" reviews I saw from other readers.
I didn't have a problem with the language, the off-color humor or any of the "offensive" things that were said in the book - it was just boring and not funny. What made it even worse is when some of the gags were used multiple times. For example in one story someone looks like they have Buckwheat in a leg-lock, a few chapters later someone looks like they have a clown in a leg-lock. Again, I was compelled to review this book because I couldn't believe so many people rated it 5-stars. I like her on TV, but the book was a snoozer.
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