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Pussy Planet and Other Endearing Tales
This is Kimmy Dee. This is Kimmy Dee's brain. You've been warned.
By turns hysterically filthy and heartbreakingly sincere, PUSSY PLANET chronicles snapshots of the life of an irreverent woman. From an unintentionally foul-mouthed offspring to failed attempts at masturbation to dealing with an anxiety disorder to the loss of a parent, PUSSY PLANET is an insightful and ridiculously funny collection of personal essays from a writer with a totally unique-- and screwed-up-- view of the world.
This is Kimmy Dee's PUSSY PLANET, we're only along for the ride.
By turns hysterically filthy and heartbreakingly sincere, PUSSY PLANET chronicles snapshots of the life of an irreverent woman. From an unintentionally foul-mouthed offspring to failed attempts at masturbation to dealing with an anxiety disorder to the loss of a parent, PUSSY PLANET is an insightful and ridiculously funny collection of personal essays from a writer with a totally unique-- and screwed-up-- view of the world.
This is Kimmy Dee's PUSSY PLANET, we're only along for the ride.
159 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 5, 2016
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September 8, 2016
I feel terrible not giving five stars to something so intimate and generous, but I have to be a jerk and draw a line at some point. Truth to be told, I'm not sure about what I feel here. I do feel privileged to have read through someone's raw and painful memories like this, but I do feel voyeuristic also. PUSSY PLANET is very much a memoir. Essayism here is a mean to avoid having to follow a timeline. It's hilarious and heartbreaking and tough to read sometimes. The emotional range of the story wavers a lot. I cared a lot less about motherhood stories than about Kimmy's struggles with her disorders and her memories with her fathe.
Very enjoyable experience if a little destabilizing.
Very enjoyable experience if a little destabilizing.
August 21, 2016
I've been reading this at work during down times. Brutally honest and really funny so far. Did you ever know that really quiet girl in your classes at high school and wonder what she was thinking, but didn't have the courage to go ask her? Well, these "endearing tales" are probably what you missed out on by not talking to her.
UPDATE: For a week, Kimmy's book was that really cool coworker that drops by your cubicle to share that completely inappropriate story or experience she had at her last job, or when she was in school, or about her family, whatever. And quickly you look forward to the next one. That's what this book is like. Kimmy Dee confides in you, let's you in on the way she sees life, her friends, family, herself. Honest, funny and at times painful. That's what makes a fine writer.
UPDATE: For a week, Kimmy's book was that really cool coworker that drops by your cubicle to share that completely inappropriate story or experience she had at her last job, or when she was in school, or about her family, whatever. And quickly you look forward to the next one. That's what this book is like. Kimmy Dee confides in you, let's you in on the way she sees life, her friends, family, herself. Honest, funny and at times painful. That's what makes a fine writer.
February 12, 2023
I would like to be able to review this book but I haven't read it. I was supposed to get a free copy through Goodreads giveaway, but over a year later I have yet to receive my copy. I will update if I ever receive it.
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July 7, 2016
I had such fun reading this. Kimmy Dee is not only hysterically funny, she has one of the most unique comedic voices I've ever come across-- wry, self-effacing, and sarcastic.
And she's fearless. The essays in this collection run the gamut of her life experiences, but she's not afraid to show the reader her real self, and her most embarrassing and personal moments.
What really blew me away, though, were the occasional moments of seriousness. "Losing Jack" is one of the most heart-breaking things I've ever read on the subject of loss, as Kimmy chronicles the experience of living through her dad's eventual losing battle with cancer. It's deeply profound and personal and moving.
But the majority of PUSSY PLANET is comedy culled from real life, unflinching, uncompromising, and compulsvively readable. I highly recommend it.
And she's fearless. The essays in this collection run the gamut of her life experiences, but she's not afraid to show the reader her real self, and her most embarrassing and personal moments.
What really blew me away, though, were the occasional moments of seriousness. "Losing Jack" is one of the most heart-breaking things I've ever read on the subject of loss, as Kimmy chronicles the experience of living through her dad's eventual losing battle with cancer. It's deeply profound and personal and moving.
But the majority of PUSSY PLANET is comedy culled from real life, unflinching, uncompromising, and compulsvively readable. I highly recommend it.
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July 10, 2017
Like a female "Portnoy's Complaint" in many ways -- not just the subject matter, but Kimmy Dee's tone. She heaps invective on everything -- friends, family, pets, and especially herself -- and makes great use of raunchy vocabulary. She is truly funny. However (as others have noted too), the two stories about her father are indeed touching and show another, deeper dimension to her work.
The two fictional short stories at the end of the collection were pretty good but didn't quite fit in with the non-fiction material, in my view.
The two fictional short stories at the end of the collection were pretty good but didn't quite fit in with the non-fiction material, in my view.
May 25, 2020
This is Kimmy’s life. If you’ve read any of her stories, this is a must. If you haven’t, what are you waiting for?
Life can be hard and with her condition(s), can be even harder. Her humor is hers and her pain is hers. I don’t want to put any spoilers. So, if you are a fan, read, or like me listen to it. It’s her own voice, the words, inflection, and the emotions.
It is Dee-lightful. Well, not the sad parts that she struggles through, but we all do, to varying degrees.
She can even make you smile defining a device. ‘Bob’, rest in peace.
Life can be hard and with her condition(s), can be even harder. Her humor is hers and her pain is hers. I don’t want to put any spoilers. So, if you are a fan, read, or like me listen to it. It’s her own voice, the words, inflection, and the emotions.
It is Dee-lightful. Well, not the sad parts that she struggles through, but we all do, to varying degrees.
She can even make you smile defining a device. ‘Bob’, rest in peace.
March 14, 2020
Kimmy Dee is an exceptional writer, her humor really fits in well to her story. Her way with words and ability to paint a stunning picture is downright awe-inspiring. This is one book I couldn’t put down! I highly recommend this book to anyone who needs a good laugh every other paragraph or two. It’s charming, witty as hell and entertaining. I can’t wait to read the next one and every book she writes.
September 20, 2023
I never received the book. After being told I won it and then re-requesting it twice it still did not arrive. Contacted goodreads support and they were unable to get any reply from the sponsor of the book giveaway.
July 15, 2017
Nice little collection of autobiographical and fictional vignettes. Just my brand of anxiety-fueled, self-effacing tales of personal torture and triumph.
July 10, 2020
She's a fantastic writer although she constantly busts her own balls. Great book and quite intimate.
May 20, 2022
a really interesting book
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 10, 2022
I won this book about seven months ago and never got it So i checked it out at the local library to read.I am glad I did this is a funny well written book.
May 17, 2017
This book is awesome, hilarious, and super well-written. I'm a big fan of quick-quip essays and stand-alone pieces, but there are usually a few in a collection that will challenge my interest...not so with Pussy Planet. Each tale was indeed endearing, and Kimmy Dee is one author I'll definitely be keeping an eye on for when she releases her next book, be it fiction or another eclectic work like PP.
Side note: Dolls of Disaster is fan-f***ing-tabulous fun. Read that shit and try to tell me you aren't cracking up picturing the disastrous end to those poor girls' modeling gig...you can't do it...
Side note: Dolls of Disaster is fan-f***ing-tabulous fun. Read that shit and try to tell me you aren't cracking up picturing the disastrous end to those poor girls' modeling gig...you can't do it...
February 10, 2017
In these days of politically correct this and PC correct that, it is so refreshing to read a book that really doesn't give flying fig. (See, even I have fallen into the PC trap.)
'Pussy Planet' is outrageous in parts, hysterical in others and informative in even more. (I for one didn't realise there were so many colloquialisms for, well, you know. But then I'm a bloke. What do we know?
Actually, I have worked with many female colleagues who share a similar sense of humour to Kimmy, so the content didn't shock me, as it COULD to some unsuspecting reader. (Though, given the hint in the book's title and cover picture, the sensitive and stupid would deserve to be shocked if they though they were buying a book of feline tales.)
One thing I would caution however, is that 'Pussy Planet,' for me at least, took a good few pages to really warm up. There is indeed a serious side to this tale and I feel in some way it was all a bit of an exorcism for the author - that the writing of the book was somewhat cathartic.
But once you reach the chapter on childbirth, you will be in stitches ... but thankfully should have no need for a rubber ring.
Kimmy gives the impression of being very self deprecating and at times a bit of a 'wild' child - but cutting through all that, the reader can appreciate that she is a sensitive and loving person at heart. (I refer to the long chapter on her father, an frequent little aside comments about her daughter.)
The only little criticism I'd make is the tagging on of two unrelated short stories at the end. The reader has spent, what ,aboutr a hundred and fifty pages, getting to Kimmy the character, and then rather than just finish there and then, a couple of (decent and interesting as they are) add-ons appear. It's kinda difficult to relate to them, I feel.
But , there's no denying this is a very funny book in parts (most parts.) Even in the more poignant moments, there are little subtle shards of dry and sometimes dark humour lying just below the surface.
Well worth a read!
'Pussy Planet' is outrageous in parts, hysterical in others and informative in even more. (I for one didn't realise there were so many colloquialisms for, well, you know. But then I'm a bloke. What do we know?
Actually, I have worked with many female colleagues who share a similar sense of humour to Kimmy, so the content didn't shock me, as it COULD to some unsuspecting reader. (Though, given the hint in the book's title and cover picture, the sensitive and stupid would deserve to be shocked if they though they were buying a book of feline tales.)
One thing I would caution however, is that 'Pussy Planet,' for me at least, took a good few pages to really warm up. There is indeed a serious side to this tale and I feel in some way it was all a bit of an exorcism for the author - that the writing of the book was somewhat cathartic.
But once you reach the chapter on childbirth, you will be in stitches ... but thankfully should have no need for a rubber ring.
Kimmy gives the impression of being very self deprecating and at times a bit of a 'wild' child - but cutting through all that, the reader can appreciate that she is a sensitive and loving person at heart. (I refer to the long chapter on her father, an frequent little aside comments about her daughter.)
The only little criticism I'd make is the tagging on of two unrelated short stories at the end. The reader has spent, what ,aboutr a hundred and fifty pages, getting to Kimmy the character, and then rather than just finish there and then, a couple of (decent and interesting as they are) add-ons appear. It's kinda difficult to relate to them, I feel.
But , there's no denying this is a very funny book in parts (most parts.) Even in the more poignant moments, there are little subtle shards of dry and sometimes dark humour lying just below the surface.
Well worth a read!
October 23, 2019
Kimmy Dee is very skilled at taking really big, scary things – death, anxiety, pregnancy, bi-polar, depression, divorce, motherhood – and presenting them in a simple way that’s very easy to relate to and understand. And the funny thing – the funniest thing about this giggle-spit inducing book – is that her persona (I don’t know if this is really Kimmy or not, but the character Kimmy Dee that she presents in the book) comes off as super jaded and cynical at first. But in every single piece of this collection, there’s a nugget of hope – a tiny little sliver of optimism – like she’s subverting our pessimism. Like she sets us up to hate the world for its absurdity and hypocrisy, and then completely takes us off guard with these little glimmers of hope that the world might not be as eye-rollingly stupid as we think it is. That’s just so brilliant. Little moments like that just killed me; had goose pimples prickling my neck more than once.
I did not anticipate the amount of heart and soul she packed into this sucker. She blew me a way. Sniped my brain right out of my ear-hole from three miles away.
All in all, I feel very fortunate to have had the opportunity to read this book. It was insanely funny, heartbreakingly commiserative and sad, and surprisingly hopeful and optimistic. Great book. I will sacrifice many bulls to the prospect of Kimmy’s success, and I can’t wait to see what she has in store for us next.
I did not anticipate the amount of heart and soul she packed into this sucker. She blew me a way. Sniped my brain right out of my ear-hole from three miles away.
All in all, I feel very fortunate to have had the opportunity to read this book. It was insanely funny, heartbreakingly commiserative and sad, and surprisingly hopeful and optimistic. Great book. I will sacrifice many bulls to the prospect of Kimmy’s success, and I can’t wait to see what she has in store for us next.
July 26, 2016
Great read
I'm not sure I would've read the book but since I knew a couple of characters I decided that I would . And I really have no regrets it was fun made me laugh and even cry a little .
I'm not sure I would've read the book but since I knew a couple of characters I decided that I would . And I really have no regrets it was fun made me laugh and even cry a little .
May 16, 2025
A bold, funny, and unexpectedly touching collection of essays. The voice is sharp and unfiltered, blending humor with honest reflections on life’s messier moments. Some parts hit harder than others, but overall, it’s a refreshing and memorable read that balances chaos with heart.
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