#36 in Humour
Bossypants
- 277
- Pages
- about 5 h
- Reading time
- NYT bestseller · 60 weeks on the list, peaked at #2
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Our view
“Bossypants” is at its best once Tina Fey reaches the comedy business: the chapters on The Second City, Saturday Night Live and the making of 30 Rock are funny and unexpectedly instructive. She is also sharp on beauty standards and self-confidence. Some readers find the early, pre-fame stretch the weakest part. A light, quick memoir for anyone who likes her humour or wonders how television comedy gets made.
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About the book
Once in a generation a woman comes along who changes everything. Tina Fey is not that woman, but she met that woman once and acted weird around her. Before 30 Rock, Mean Girls and 'Sarah Palin', Tina Fey was just a young girl with a dream: a recurring stress dream that she was being chased through a local airport by her middle-school gym teacher. She also had a dream that one day she would be a comedian on TV. She has seen both these dreams come true. At last, Tina Fey's story can be told. From her youthful days as a vicious nerd to her tour of duty on Saturday Night Live; from her passionately halfhearted pursuit of physical beauty to her life as a mother eating things off the floor; from her one-sided college romance to her nearly fatal honeymoon -- from the beginning of this paragraph to this final sentence. Tina Fey reveals all, and proves what we've all suspected: you're no one until someone calls you bossy.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.8 across 1,000 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 87% of the weight and the score stays at 7.8 — the Humour average of 7.8 barely moves it.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.2 | 20 | 2% |
| Hardcover | 7.8 | 980 | 98% |
Frequently asked
How long is Bossypants?
It has 277 pages — shorter than 54% of the ranked books in Humour.
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