I picked this book up at the recommendation of a coworker. She raved about "the Sims story."

I'll grant you, the Sims story was funny enough, but I could not make it through this book. It is self-congratulatory and written by someone who knows they are, indeed, funny. Every sentence is rambling and convoluted, trying to be individually funny rather than building to a funny point.

The writing style was just aggravating and I quit pretty early.

I was looking for a quick and funny read and picked up this book. It was definitely a really quick read! Based on the reviews I was really anticipating something of a higher caliber. Most of the stories in the book are just sorta blah for me personally and brought me little or no amusement at all. Some did make me laugh, but overall I didn't think the collection was as funny as I was hoping it to be.

LOVED IT! Hilarious, brilliant, ridiculous. Fantastic.

"Did you laugh? Did you laugh once?"
"No."

Hard on the head, cringeful, unfunny. It might be about time for me to stop reading Laurie Notaro books expecting to enjoy them. Because, uh, it's not gonna happen.

I've said it before...I love Laurie Notaro! It's been a tough week and I wanted to read something uplifting. I knew that I could count on Notaro to pull though and make me laugh. In particular, I liked the "I Love Everybody" section, which included a very relatable trip to Cost-Co. There was also a great section on dealing with the abandonment of friends who have decided to have children. I feel her pain! I probably laughed the most on the section where she explains her grandmother's fascination with the Lifetime network. I also ended up sharing part of the book with my mom. She is basically in her last days and the book made her laugh. This was huge for me.

Baaaaaaad. I struggled to read much of this book at all; the author is extremely rude and self-deprecating to a point that I feel like it’s just to make her “observations” on others “ok.” Well, it’s not ok. Several jokes about people’s bodies and (more shockingly) about special needs folks. If you’re looking for a super-ableist read, I guess you found it in this book.

I remember reading this book, a couple of times before, but since I had neglected to mark it down on Goodreads, I had to read it again.

This is one of the funniest books I have ever read! Rarely, if ever, do I literally LOL at a book... this one had me snickering, chuckling, and burst-out-laughing more times than I can count. I read one particular passage to my mom and husband and could barely get through it because I was laughing so hard.

Which passage?

The chapter "Disneyland: A Tragedy in Four Acts." In case you weren't amused by the part were Goofy flipped the bird at the Mad Hatter, or the part where Eeyore feels up her mom, then just wait until the part about her riding the kiddie acorn-coaster. The ridiculousness of it, and the relatableness of it (e.g. a 30-something childless woman who everyone assumes is "special") instantly made this book, and this author, one of my favorites!

I couldn't finish this book. Laurie Notaro thinks she is Jennifer Weiner. The beginning scene about how she had to pee, she was sure of the results, and it was going to be so life-changing - and it was just a drug test because she got a job. Welcome to adulthood. It wasn't funny, it was tacky.

I didn't get through the first 40 pages, because already the character came across as selfish, immature, and spoiled. I didn't want to read any more of Notaro thinking she was clever with her attempt at being amusing.

I never laughed out loud and I didn't finish the book. It wasn't genuinely humorous.

I made it halfway through this book before I had to stop. I felt that everything was drawn out and I really wasn't a fan of her writing style. I'll try another book of hers but I'm skeptical.

Laurie Notaro may not love everybody, but I certainly love her. This book was funny. Really funny. Laugh out loud funny. The kind of book you should have on your shelf to read when you need to cheer yourself up funny. I Love Everbody (and Other Atrocious Lies) is a collection of funny essays written by Laurie about her take on life. Whether she's talking about her sister's SPAM addiction (as in the crappy emails), a trip to Disneyland, or her QVC addicted, Catholic mother or career day, Laurie had me laughing. One essay in particular, "The Sims" is reason enough to read this book- it's a hilarious take on what happens when Laurie creates her husband and herself in the Sims. For those of you who have played the game, you know the kind of hilarity that will ensue. I don't want to give it away- I highly recommend you read it.

The thing is, I'd like to think in my own little way, Laurie and I have a similar writing style. Laurie's style is what I aspire to write like, she's honest and funny with the ability to throw in a run on sentence that will make you giggle. I really enjoyed this book- and it was the kind of thing I needed to be reading right now that provides the right humour relief after a stressful day. I'm currently reading another one of Nataro's books- and already last night I was sucked right in to the brilliant essays. I'm giving this book a 9/10- trust me on this one- ADD IT TO YOUR READING LISTS for a fun time.

Hands down, this is my favorite Notaro memoir. I crack up just remembering the truck with a nutsack even years later. I also snort-laugh at her hypochondriac tendencies including her fear of Cancer of the Upper Asshole, how she and all students in journalism school choose whether to join the Barbies of broadcast or the hominids of print, blowing booger bubbles for bosses, and how she will humiliate her mother by naming her first child Sphincta.

She really seems to have hit her stride in this third book when she describes being kept alive by junk food preservatives, becoming a drug runner from Mexico, fighting with her husband over their Sims doppelgangers, and the indignities of being replaced by a freakish costumed canine. The funniest by far is when Laurie truly admits she is a mean girl who doesn’t love anybody or anything, especially Disneyland or the oxygen-dependent lady blocking the sample trays in Costco.