Yes, Please

Yes, Please
By: Amy Poehler

I really like Amy Poehler so I was excited to read this book. I actually had been waiting for a copy of it from my library since April.

However, I was disappointed. The book was not as funny as I had imagined. I read Bossypants by Tina Fey and Is Everyone Hanging out Without Me by Mindy Kaling and I think both of those were better than this one. Both of those books made me like Tina and Mindy more, but Yes Please made me like Amy Poehler less.

There were far too many jokes/stories dependent on drugs and drug references and being drunk, both of which I don't really find funny. (Apparently Amy spent most of her twenties on drugs.) There was also quite a bit more swearing than I would care for. You don't need any of those to write a funny book but this was loaded with them.

It also felt hard to read as far as 'flow' goes. She jumped around a lot and went back and forth in the middle of her stories. A lot of her name-dropping and references were lost on me, maybe it would have been funnier if I had known what she was talking about, but it got old after a while.

She inserted copies of pictures from her childhood or poems she had written when she was younger, and told some stories about SNL and Parks and Rec- that's what I wish she would have done more of. This book had a lot of potential but just didn't reach the 'hilarity standard' I had in my head for Amy Poehler based on everything else I had seen of hers.

I had thought I should have just bought the book since I had waited so long for the library's copy, but I'm glad I didn't. I don't think I would read it again and wouldn't really want this book lying around my house. I guess I'll just have to stick to watching Parks and Rec than reading more about Amy's life.