Publisher: Random House
Pages: 265
Rating: ★★★★
Synopsis
From the acclaimed creator, producer, and star of HBO's Girls comes a hilarious, wise, and fiercely candid collection of personal essays that establishes Lena Dunham as one of the most original young talents writing today.
In Not that Kind of Girl, Dunham illuminates the experiences that are part of making one's way in the world: falling in love, feeling alone, being ten pounds overweight despite eating only health food, having to prove yourself in a room full of men twice your age, finding true love, and, most of all, having the guts to believe that your story is one that deserves to be told.
Exuberant, moving, and keenly observed, Not that Kind of Girl is a series of dispatches from the frontlines of the struggle that is growing up. "I'm already predicting my future shame at thinking I had anything to offer you," Dunham writes. "But if I can take what I've learned and make one menial job easier for you, or prevent you from having the kind of sex where you feel you must keep your sneakers on in case you want to run away during the act, then every misstep of mine will have been worthwhile."
My Thoughts
In my perfect world I am best friends with Lena Dunham and Mindy Kaling. We grab coffee together and they make me laugh and the three of us are changing the world and the way people look at women. But, I do not live in that world. So I am forced to read their books and watch their shows and basically worship the ground they walk on.
I started reading this book in the Fall when it first came out and somewhere along the way got busy and forgot to finish it. Well, I rectified that situation today and finally read the last fifty pages. Now I am trying to remember why I ever stopped.
Dunham is open and honest but at the same time sarcastic and hilarious. Her collection of essays give you a peek into her mind and I really felt that I was getting a genuine representation of Lena as a person. She has put so much of herself into this book and I love the way she makes you listen to her. Lena does not shy away from anything and its refreshing to have real role models with confidence and self-awareness who also have something to say.
Sidenote: this book is so cute. I'm not talking the stories, I am talking about the actual, physical book. There are precious doodles at the paragraph breaks and sketches in the margins. If there's one thing I love more than a good book, it's a pretty book.
My Favorite Line
The end never comes when you think it will. It's always ten steps past the worst moment, then a weird turn to the left.
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