Pentapod reviewed Yes Please by Amy Poehler
Review of 'Yes Please' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
A strange mix of memoir, comedy, and advice. Certainly interesting if you like Amy Poehler, but while it covers a lot of her professional history and there are elements of her personal life she does talk about, it doesn't feel extremely personal. Definitely funny at times, but not as hilariously funny as you'd expect. Poehler clearly thinks she is a Very Nice Person and that's exactly how she portrays herself in the book, even down to persuading various celebrity friends to record parts of the audiobook for her. Maybe it's true, maybe not, but this book won't leave you with any real clues. It was an amusing listen but Tina Fey's Bossypants had a lot more substance, overall the book felt very light and fluffy and a bit scatterbrained. And she spends the whole book pretending she didn't really want to write it, which is a bit disingenuous.