Suck It, Wonder Woman!: The Misadventures of a Hollywood Geek

by Olivia Munn, Mac Montandon

Olivia Munn is an actress, comedian and television host, best known for being the face of the G4 network.  She also occasionally likes to get dressed up as Wonder Woman. Suck It Wonder Woman is her paean to Geeks everywhere.  Using her trademark humor in essays like Thoughts About My First Agent's Girlfriend's Vagina she skewers what it’s like to live in Hollywood.  In Sex: What You Can Do To Help Yourself Have More Of It she frankly gets down to the business of getting it on. In What To Do When The Robots Invade (Yes, When!), Olivia offers valuable information on... what to do when the robots invade! And just when you thought she couldn’t get any more Geeky, she can. This book also includes an Olivia Munn timeline of great moments in Geek history and her answers to the Unofficial Geek FAQ.

Genres: Nonfiction, Humor, Biography, Memoir, Autobiography, Audiobook, Essays

288 pages, Hardcover

First published July 6, 2010

About the author

Olivia Munn (born Lisa Olivia Munn) is an American actress, model, and television personality. She began her career being credited as Lisa Munn. Since 2006, she has been using the name Olivia Munn personally and professionally. Also since 2006, Munn has been one of the faces of the cable network G4, hosting a number of shows for the network, the most prominent being Attack of the Show!, with co-host Kevin Pereira.

Reviews

[Claire · Rating 2 out of 5]

I have fought for Olivia Munn, I really have.

I want to go out of my way to support supposed strong females in the geek community, and that's what Olivia proudly brands herself as. I love that a confident lady has come to the forefront and simultaneously embraced both her geekhood and her cuteness! Good on her!

…Aaaand then I made the mistake of reading this book. Shame on me for getting my hopes up.

As I clicked through the pages on my Kindle I was completely disappointed-nigh-horrified at the type of person she comes across as- for someone who dedicates an entire chapter to easy identification of “assholes,” she sure seems to fit the bill. Every chapter seems to be a series of complaints or put-downs, regaling us with stories about those who wronged her in one way or another. Sure, I don’t doubt that Olivia had some shitty childhood experiences and has to deal with some complete douchebags in Hollywood, but it comes across as if she has never had a break in life- something pretty immediately disproved by the fact that, well, she has a book deal. A book deal I am unfortunately reading.

Her attitude towards her fellow women is flimsy and contradictory at best- she can only commend acceptance of her body- the body of a “real woman,” mind you- by shaming thin and fat women alike. WAT. Honestly? Olivia Munn is a gorgeous woman and power to her for embracing it, but the self-deprecation and acting like she doesn’t know it just seems forced. Not to say we don’t all have body issues, it’s an inevitability of being a chick, but a woman who continually has the (admirable!) confidence to pose for playboy and wear skimpy costumes to conventions knows what she has going on.

Also, saying guys “grow a vagina” when they’re sick and needy? Talking about older women’s dusty and useless genitalia? Recalling the pain of being slut-shamed in grade school only to REEPEATEDLY turn the tables and do the same to several different women she’s crossed paths with? Jesus Christ, Olivia. It’s easy to rail on other people- it takes real moxy to act like a decent human being and really put a critical eye to what you saying. Crude humour doesn’t also have to be hateful and alienating.

And regarding Olivia’s constant overuse of the word “geek”:

- Stop gendering the word. Your geek history revolves almost entirely around men and their accomplishments, with women relegated to random slews of costumed pinups (many of whom are in NO way representative of female geekery). You also go on about a lesbian encounter and clearly, proudly acknowledge the straight male reader supposedly getting off to it. If you continually claim you don’t want to be known as someone getting by on sheer sex appeal, you need to have the substance to back it up. Dressing your cohost in a French maid’s costume doesn’t cut it.
- Even going by your broad and loving definition of geeks as people who are passionate about something, hacky sacks aren’t geeky. Not sure where you got that from.
- Don’t act as if all geeks are amazing, flawless people; pedestaling a group is just as harmful as stereotyping them negatively. I have run into tons of passionate, geeky people who are simultaneously rude, misogynistic and cruel.
- Stop telling us you’re a geek over, and over and over again. The more you insist you’re a geek, the less believable it sounds. If you’re a geek and you know it, fine, awesome, good for you- just stop shouting it to the heavens for verification. And liking the Star Wars franchise, the first four episodes of which were the top-grossing films in the respective years they were released, does not make you a supergeek. That is akin to liking Disney.

In the end, I don’t dislike Olivia Munn because she does photoshoots and jumps into pies, or because she’s a “threat” as an attractive fellow woman, or any of the other reasons Munn lays on the table instead of trying to actually connect to all the female geeks out there. I dislike Olivia Munn because her humor revolves around the vicious deprecation of other people, because she complains about being ostracized only to blindly spin around and do the same thing, and because she is so unaware of anyone’s criticism of her work that she uses ad hominem attacks to defend herself.

I love being able to share the female space with amazingly talented, smart, witty, geeky, hot ladies- I just don’t think Olivia has proved herself on that front.

[Anelis · Rating 1 out of 5]

Before I start explaining why I didn't like this book I think it would be more helpful if I made a list of things that have to be true in order for someone to tolerate, like, or even love it.


-You will tolerate this book if:

1. You don't find this video sexist or objectifying in any way and think it's just "harmless naughty fun".

2. You believe that the following quotes are fine examples of good and solid writing:
"And writing a book that is interesting and entertaining is doubly hard as shit. Plus- who's to say if anyone gives two shits? Ya know?"
-introduction, excerpt from the 1st paragraph-
"This aunt: Hey, nice MacBook. Where'd you get it?
Me: Um, the MacStore.
Aunt: How much did you pay?
Me: I don't know, about $2,000 or so.
Aunt: Oh really? You know, I could buy at garage sale for one dollah. [sic]"
-excerpt from the 1st chapter-


-You will like this book if combined with the previously mentioned conditions you also:

1. Don't really care about chapters that follow a coherent line of thought, or books that have an overall logical structure.

2. Prefer to read texts that closely resemble the oral and not the written speech, [or literature in general].

3. Are not in ANY way opposed to exhibitions of fat shaming, sexism and/or jokes and disparaging descriptions based on various forms of social racism.



-You will love this book if combined with the previously mentioned conditions you also:

1. Are a heterosexual male. I'm sorry, it's sad but true. Olivia has had the "good" sense to go out of her way so as to make sure that everyone will comprehend that her book was specifically written for a male audience. For that reason she has included three chapters on (mostly dubious and some downright disturbing and sexist) dating advice and tips for men. One of these chapters is about what she likes in men -she makes sure you know she prefers geeks- so as to facilitate the potential reader's fantasies about dating her, which leads us to number two.

2. Consider Olivia Munn an attractive woman and finding sexy cosplay pictures of her in a book, only makes the experience better for you.

3. Like pie SO MUCH (omigodpieyesihaveafoodobsessionyaylookathowquirkyiam)that you NEED to read about it or at least have it mentioned in each chapter, even when the subject is irrelevant.

4. Are a quasi nerd-geek (never really got the difference between the two). Olivia makes sure she mentions some of the most well known franchises so as to titillate our nerdy senses and prove that she is one of the geeks. It doesn't matter if the reference of Firefly comes out of the blue, it's a geeky thing!



-You will ADORE this book beyond life and reason if:

1. You are obsessed and in love with Olivia Munn.
2. You are illiterate.


Now onto the review!





I think that I made it quite clear that both this book and Mrs. Munn disappointed me. Although it's true that I wasn't a big fan of Olivia Munn to begin with, I admired her as an actress. I first saw her in Insanitarium (zombies <3 ) and some time later I watched the TV-series "Newsroom" in which she plays a financial reporter named Sloan Sabbith.

~Sloan Sabbith in all her awesomeness~

Sabbith is smart, a bit socially awkward and generally kick-ass female character, you cannot but root for! Needless to say, I loved this character and respected Munn for portraying her the way she did.

...And then I stumbled upon her book on goodreads. I was instantly impressed! Funny title: CHECK! Nerd reference: CHECK! "Girl power" feeling: CHECK! I considered myself lucky to have found it. Oh, boy. I was in for a big surprise.

Retrospectively I think I could have prevented this self inflicted torture, or at least prepare my self for what was to follow, had I simply read the first two reviews, or at least googled what "Attack of the Show" was. Lesson learned world. Lesson learned.

To be honest I knew from the first paragraph that it was going to be badly written but I never would have imagined the amount of sexism and fat shaming that I would encounter and have to endure. There are many possible examples of such cases in the book, but I think that the most characteristic and illustrious of them is when she describes a disgustingly (I'm-masturbating-in-front-of-random-girls) perverted movie director. To make sure that we understand how disgusting he was she feels the need to constantly describe his "three chins", his too-tiny-for-his-fat-ass clothes, the suffering of the buttons of his pants and his secret binging of humongous amount of food. Because "of course" being overweight is disgusting and it's EVIDENT that this is the only way to describe a pervert, by focusing on how icky fat he is. As readers, we really NEED that focus on his fatness, just to be able to comprehend the extent of his hideousness.

I cringe when I remember the supposedly empowering chapter in which she described how she jumped into a giant pie while dressed in a sexy maid uniform (there is a youtube video of this, it made me sad to watch it) and how she showed us, common folk, that celebrities aren't really perfect....because sometimes they too eat too much pie, and dammit Olivia's activism prompts her to publicly declare this without being ashamed! Yay you Olivia, now that I understand that you too are a human being like me, albeit infinitely more awesome and interesting by your standards, I can be happier and love my non celebrity body. You changed my life...!

I haven't seen someone patting so much themselves in the back since kindergarten, but I'll admit that this is an excusable behavior if you are a five year old kid.

The whole book seems like a love letter Mrs. Munn wrote to herself. The really sad part is that she does seem to have a lot of interesting experiences -both sad and funny- that could easily create an interesting biography had she hired even a half-decent writer, or ghostwriter, to help her with this.

I could go on and rant endlessly about the things that are offensive, wrong, or plainly idiotic about this book. "Suck It, Wonder Woman!" is a treasure of mistakes one could get angry about or make fun of, and to truly explore the full potential of ridicule it opens itself up to, one would need to take it apart sentence by sentence, something I am unable to do (I really wish there was a sporking of this!)

Olivia, now more than ever I think you are an AMAZING actress because judging by your performances in films and tv-series I never would have fathomed the depths of your sexism and prejudice, (had I not read your book.) I hope you get cast in many-many projects as an actress and never write another book.

[Mike · Rating 2 out of 5]

Honestly, I felt like I was giving it the second star simply because I didn't want to seem mean. After blowing though this airy, superficial work I am able to definitively say that my first, limited impressions of Ms. Munn have been validated (if not confirmed, because you can't really confirm anything of substance about her after reading this; and, you know, we've never met or anything).

- She's not Hollywood enough to be able to write a tell-all about celebrities and she's not a good enough writer (or open enough) to be able to write a relatable/interesting/engaging account of her journey from mixed-race kid growing up in Oklahoma and Japan to nameless hot, wanna-be starlet to Object of Geek Desire. (Though her story of her Playboy shoot comes close.)

- Her comedy is blandly amusing, bordering on the banal.

- She seems to have an affinity for geeky things and geekdom in general, but can't articulate anything about it other than she has fun at ComicCon, loves her fans and knows the names of popular and generation-defining video games.

- She knows full well that geek boys love her because she's hot and doesn't look down on them for being geeks, and that geek girls love her because she makes being an "out" chick geek acceptable and fun (i.e. you can be girly, feminine and still be into D&D and video games and stuff). To maintain that image she doles out some anecdotes aimed at each audience.

This book is not terrible but I blazed through it in a few hours, and not in a good way. I found myself skipping entire chapters ("Dating Tips That Totally Help You Score"? "What to Do When the Robots Invade"? Really?!) and I was able to breeze over whole sections when she wasn't saying anything substantive. If you're a huge fan of Olivia then you'll probably love the book, but if you're looking for anything more than the mildly (and I stress "mildly") interesting ramblings of that hot chick on that show about video games, or the unfunny girl that recently joined the staff of The Daily Show, then you'll be sorely disappointed.

[Tung · Rating 1 out of 5]

Olivia Munn has been called the Queen of the Geeks because she co-hosts a show on G4, claims she loves video games and geek culture, and oh by the way, is also attractive. This book is part autobiography and part collection of random humor bits (or more accurately attempted humor bits). I only read this book because (1) I’m a geek, and felt I had to read it to maintain my geek cred; (2) I had free money in my iTunes account and the book was downloadable for iPads; and (3) Gizmodo posted an excerpt from the book that was relatively clever and funny (a short piece on how to survive a zombie attack, one of whose tips involved throwing a live kitten at the zombie to distract it so you can run away). If you are a fellow geek, or even if you are not, by all means avoid this dreck masquerading as a book. First, outside of the zombie piece, all of the other attempted humor bits fall flat; they simply aren’t very funny or clever. Second, outside of one section where Munn shares her thoughts and feelings about her grandmother’s death, the autobiographical parts aren’t very effective; that is, they reveal little, and try too hard to convey life lessons or emotion. And for someone who is supposedly a geek herself and loves geek culture, she shares nothing about herself in relation to that – no favorite video game experiences, no favorite geek movie lines, no favorite comic book characters and why, etc. Instead we get scenes about her being hit on by a famous unnamed Hollywood director. My biggest beef with the book is that Munn knows the reason she has a big geek fanbase (her looks) and tries to take advantage of that. She includes a “chapter” that consists of pictures of her dressed in scantily clad costumes (from Betsy Ross to Wonder Woman to Princess Leia, of course). She writes a chapter on why she’d rather date a geek (sure you would, Hollywood starlet; sure you would). And unsurprisingly, she includes an anecdote of a lesbian make-out experience she had with a hot friend – and even prefaces the story with the line “Note: You are about to be fully rewarded for buying this book”. Sorry, Olivia, some of us geeks aren’t that easy to please. If you’re an Olivia Munn stalker/obsessed fan, this book is for you, and you already bought ten copies. For every one else, this is the worst book I’ve read this year.

[Lani · Rating 1 out of 5]

Can I give a book ZERO stars?

I don't really know anything about Olivia Munn, and I thought I liked geek girls. I also thought Josh liked her, but apparently I was totally wrong.

At any rate, she's awful. I haven't watched her show, but it sounds dumb. The book is totally unorganized crap ranging from stories about how gross guys are in Hollywood, her awkward sex life, and why she likes pie. When I say disorganized I mean TOTALLY RANDOM. What's disturbing is that this is listed as written by Munn AND someone else. Which means TWO PEOPLE though this was okay.

Her stories are inane and seem to involve a lot of name dropping without actually dropping names. She tries to be 'just one of the girls' by talking about her insecurities and how fat her thighs are, and tries to be 'just one of the nerds' by telling us about how she had to eat lunch alone. But the woman is wearing spandex superhero outfits and posing in Playboy and also talks about how she was at one point a popular cheerleader. So, sorry, I just don't buy it.

From what I can tell Munn is nothing but a glorified booth babe they stuck on TV for her boobs. Her stories weren't funny - including the ones about how funny she is! I haven't seen her on TV, so perhaps she has a totally engaging on air personality and it just doesn't translate well to a book. Perhaps.

I wanted to like a nerd girl. I wanted her to tell me something about being a woman in an industry full of socially-awkward nerds. The only positive thing I got out of it - to her credit - is that she seems to love her fans.

But this book is horrible. Don't buy it. Not even at a discount. Don't read it. Don't bother.

*******
WAIT! Is this woman on the Daily Show?! Are you kidding me?!?! No wonder people were so angry about her ending up there! I'm not going to assume that 'blahblahblah the Daily Show is a boys club' like some did, but why in God's name would anyone put this woman at the top of a list of female comediennes?! ?!?!?!?! Wow.

[Kimberlee · Rating 3 out of 5]

I wasn't going to review this book, until I read a scathing one star review by an obviously very bitter geek who seems very resentful of the fact that hot girls can be geeks too.

No, this book isn't great literature, but I enjoyed it for much the same reason I enjoy Olivia Munn herself. She's honest and real, and in this collection of anecdotes, she doesn't shy from the sort of information others might try to hide out of sheer embarrassment. She doesn't gloss over her mistakes, or foibles, and it's her self-deprecating humor that has endeared her to so many of her fans, along with how personable and approachable she is. A lot of the stories she tells evoked emotions in me that made me completely resonate with her. She made me feel like we could be friends, and that's a quality some stars - smart ones - learn to cultivate, as it breeds loyalty among their fans.

Munn is often heralded as the Queen of the Geeks, or some similar sobriquet, and the negative review I read made a huge issue about Munn's real appeal to her fans coming from her looks instead of her geek-appeal. He mentions her lack of reference to favorite games, pop culture references, or favorite comic book characters. I challenge this on two counts - one: this book isn't about Olivia the Geek, it's about Olivia the person, who is passionate about many things, and therefore, a geek. Two: If you read this book and don't at least have a good idea of the things she likes: (i.e. - Tetris, Super Mario Bros., Call of Duty 4, XBox 360, Star Wars, and Wonder Woman) you're really not paying any attention.

I'll admit that the first time I saw her on Attack of the Show, I too thought she'd been cast, not for her geek-cred, but because she's gorgeous and exotic looking. But watch the show long enough, and her enthusiasm for what I'll call 'geek culture' is very evident. Plus, she knows Mac's are better for everyday computing, but PC's are better for gaming. Who but a gamer would know that? However, as far as her physical appearance goes, yes, she's gorgeous, but she's also larger than the average Hollywood starlet, and less endowed as well. I think this is great - it's about time we seem a woman with curves on television who's also sexy, and not playing a teenage high school wrestling champ.

This other reviewer also charged that Munn uses her own sexuallity in her book, and uses as example several of the stories she tells. I felt the opposite about this. Yes, she talks about getting propositioned by Evander Holyfield, masturbated on by one famous Hollywood director, and offered an antique sex toy by another, but the overall theme of these stories isn't how hot she is, it's about the superficiality of Hollywood, and the self-entitlement some famous persons have, especially when it comes to women. For a well-known, corpulent director to assume the girl bringing him his lunch will not only want to sleep with him, but not be offended for randomly stroking off in front of her while eating shrimp, is both horrifying and surreally hilarious.

I wasn't a huge fan of Munn before this book, just aware but mostly indifferent. Now, I certainly intend to keep my eye out for her. And take her to have some pie if ever we meet. She loves pie.

[Brandon · Rating 2 out of 5]

I read this using iBooks while relaxing in Las Vegas.

Olivia Munn is an entertaining lady. She's pretty and is fun to watch on G4 and The Daily Show. And she is funny. But...she's not a comedian (or comedienne, as the case may be). I've been racking my brain trying to really figure out how to make that distinction and the easiest way is contained within the pages of this book. There are some genuinely funny stories and bits that deliver. A New Hope as told through Princess Leia's Twitter account is pretty damn funny. But interspersed throughout the rest of the book are stories about how she's worked hard or how her family is crazy. When I was just getting to know a really great friend of mine, he started a conversation by saying to me, "You're alive, so I'll assume your family is also crazy." That stuck with me because it's true. And while Olivia Munn's family sure is crazy, they aren't "write it in a book" crazy. They're more like normal crazy, which I guess is an oxymoron.

People make it in the entertainment business through a combination of really hard work and luck (and anyone who doesn't think it's a majority of the latter compared to the former is kidding themselves). Their individual way of getting there can be pretty interesting. I'm sure Ms. Munn's story is interesting as well, but there's not enough of it in the book because she wants to break up the random stories with funny bits or inspirational pieces about girls who don't fit in following their dreams. I wish she had picked a focus and stuck with it. Instead we get a mishmash of sometimes charming anecdotes and then a bunch of filler. Seriously, save the fan art for your website because it came off poorly in the book.

The book didn't make me like Olivia Munn more or make me like her less. Outside of a sad tale about the death of her grandmother, I don't even think I know her any better than I did before. That kind of stinks, I guess. That's kind of the impression the whole book gave me: it's okay but it really feels incomplete.

[Meagan · Rating 2 out of 5]

Olivia Munn is one of those people that I'm leery of. I want to believe that she's actually the geek she says she is. I really do. I want to believe that she inhales pie in unwise proportions and plays D&D and can quote whole passages of The Empire Strikes Back. I think it would be good for geek-kind that someone with her image (attractive, pin-up starlet) is a real geek. But usually, I walk away skeptical. Really skeptical. It sometimes feels like she studies geek speak in order to appeal to that faction, which to me is the ultimate insult.

Also, I should mention that I listened to the audiobook. I don't usually do audio. So maybe it's me... But Olivia Munn, in my opinion, is not a very good narrator. She might be funny. I got the impression that if I had been reading some of this stuff, I probably would have laughed. But she's missing that vital element that's elusive to so many otherwise funny people: timing. Her timing was off. Also, her delivery. She veered wildly between over-performance and super conversational. Also, she's kind of an up-talker? Like when people end their sentences on a high note? Like they were asking a question? It grated a bit.

So, I was able to finish, anyway. I didn't want to shoot myself in the head, most of the time. But I questioned how real some of the stories were. If possible, I would have added a half-star for the very real, very affecting story of her grandmother's death. That was real. You could tell in her voice, and that kind of real and emotional story deserves to up the rating.

[John · Rating 1 out of 5]

Ok...a few things first:
1. I don't like G4TV.
2. I cannot stand the new "LYKE GEEK OMG" culture that's sprang up in recent years.
3. I listened to the audiobook version because that's what people have recommended...it didn't help.


First off, Olivia Munn isn't even a D-list 'starlette'. She's made her reputation by trying to be a sex symbol to hordes of pubescent gamers. She constantly dotes on about her "geekdom", "fans", and how she's "sticking up for women in a male dominated society" (because, you know, working for Playboy and talking about your lesbian encounter is "feminist" to the core).

Ok...on to the book;
This book isn't good, it's not even mediocre. It's an incoherent rambling of a sorority girl who's never been in a sorority. There were no passionate "geek" moments in the book whatsoever. The most passionate thing she talked about was her love of pie (presumably for the fluff of the book). She really doted too long about pie and how much she loved it.

Another thing I hate about it, is her bullshit stories.
Apparently one fat, tiny director masturbated in front of her while eating shrimp...and all she did was walk away? It didn't occur to her to file a sexual harassment charge?

She wants it to be clear that she has CURVES and BIG GIRL pride...google her Princess Leia outfit. Yea, she's SOOOOOOOO fat.

There's not much else to critique about this book, her stories were forgettable, the narration was exactly like being on the phone with a drunk sorority girl...terrible.

If I could give this 0/5...trust me, I would have.

[Kara · Rating 1 out of 5]

I have honestly never read a book that made me dislike someone so much. Sexist, full of slut shaming, hiding behind the 'I'm just an outcast no one has ever loved me' card when it's immediately contradicted, completely unfunny, and possibly worst of all, there was NO rhyme nor reason to the book. No order. Nothing was chronological or even slightly grouped. It lacked continuity, relatability, and poorly used outdated references.

[Kristen]

I hate to give zero stars to a person who seems to honestly try to be a force for good in the world of funny ladies but...I just...can't.

The beginning of this book declares "I wrote a book!" and yet so much of the book feels like filler or pictures or a collection of tweets that I feel like Olivia Munn and I have different definitions of 'book.' Soon after her proud proclamation that she wrote a book, she attempts to tell us what a geek she is. I get this. Pretty girls are not the immediate go-to when people think of a 'geek.' But I'd have an easier time believing her geekdom is real if she talked passionately about any one thing she claims to love. She talks more about how much she loves the geeks themselves which is endearing, but sort of shallow when she sets herself up so well to talk about WHAT she loves about Star Wars. Her chapter about the warrrrs boils down to "I like good over evil" and "I avoided haters at work one time." I fail to see the passion about being swept away to a different world, universe or time or the idea that a mask can turn a person from average Joe to superhuman crime-fighter. The whole geek thing feels flat.

The "On the Playboy cover shoot" chapter felt like an excuse. I'm sorry she felt coerced but by her own account she definitely had a publicist (and probably an agent too) arguing for the more modest shoot and she still ended up nude.

34 blink-and-you'll-miss-it chapters, sexy pictures of her dressed as Betsy Ross, fanmade drawings, page-filling tweets, a list of sex-advice (I'll never get over the 'I'm attractive so I must be a sexpert' thing) and one uncomfortable story where she literally asks a STRANGER if she f***ed her sleezy date does NOT a book make. I'll watch her on The Daily Show and that new Aaron Sorkin drama but I'm never reading another "book" by Olivia Munn.

[Katy · Rating 1 out of 5]

I listed to this as an audiobook. I started listening to this one thinking it would be a nice pallet cleanser after the depressing doozy that was All the Bright Places.. I didn't have a pre-formed opinion on Olivia Munn; I know a lot of people find her shtick annoying. This book, however, moved me in to the "NOT A FAN" category. The first issue was that her narration of this book was literally infuriating. Like an immature valley girl trying to impress and fake her away into your circle. It was all pretty bad and then we got to the story of how she basically killed her grandmother. Her narration of the story of her grandmother's death sounds so very flippant & just so cruel. Everybody makes mistakes and has regrets, but being so selfish you refuse your dying GRANDMOTHER CPR? And then later you find out she's brain dead BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T GIVE HER CPR? I am genuinely surprised the director of the audiobook didn't stop her and tell her to maybe change the tone for this chapter.

In general you can really tell that she wrote this book with her male fans as the target audience. To the point where I feel she has excluded her female fans completely and was even borderline misogynistic - and there is nothing worse than a female misogynist. I should have quit listening when she said "I'm not, like, a feminist or anything."

[Paula · Rating 1 out of 5]

Wait, HOW old is Olivia Munn? Sixteen, maybe? Because this book reads like a teenager's blog, alternating between excruciatingly personal (the day her grandmother died), and screamingly superficial (a chapter of fan portraits of her). In between, we get blind items about her being propositioned, leered at, and masturbated at. "Look at my tits," she fairly hollers. "Get this off my library card," I scream.

[Rachel MacNaught · Rating 1 out of 5]

oh sweetheart. you seem like a nice girl, now that i've googled who you are, but you offer the world nothing. you have no reason to write a book, no individual viewpoint, and it really, really showed.

this was just.. hoo nelly. terrible. i feel almost as though this is so bad, i feel awful listing reasons why, as they are so obvious it's like kicking someone while they are down.
she had nothing to share, and she made a book and put.. nothing in it. not only in content, but in effort.

well. here's my kindle notes as i read along. i feel like this is the only way i can illustrate this book to you, dear reader.

"..what the fuck is chapter 3? it's just, literally, a list of historical events. no thoughts, no embellishments, nothing to tie it together. it's just literally a list of historic events. what. what the hell kind of purpose does this serve? this book is supposed to be about the misadventures of a hollywood geek lol is she lost??"

"a chapter on how star wars can help you in life.. and all of her examples are vague and unrelated. and uninteresting. but this is more content than we've seen thus far so i guess that's something."

"..sex advice? telling me how to seduce a heterosexual woman? ignoring the obvious that she's assuming only a man would read her book (which is weird as fuck), there isn't even any advice here. this is quite literally a 'if you like woman, tell woman!' 'condoms are needed, as even pulling out can make her pregnant.' 'don't know how to dirty talk? send her dirty talk! didn't send her dirty talk early on? then don't 'cause that's weird.' like.. is this written by an 11 year old thinking they are in the know? what the fuck is this. like it's not advice, it's just statements of nothing. like commercials would teach someone more than this. what the hell is this girl thinking? does she think at all? like.. is she clinically retarded? i'm actually baffled."

"this chapter of fan art is amusing. but also a bit of sad filler. literally just pasting fan art into your book about your misadventures? whattt? and some of it isn't even art lolll some of these are like MS paint edits. okay. i need to google this girl because i'm picturing a doorknob."

"well. i guess a story about her lesbian shower experience fits with the tone of this book... desperation. at least it was dishy enough to be amusing. it's the kind of story where you know someone overshared and they're going to regretttt itt but you now knoowwww somethinggggg."

"okay this is a chapter telling me how to date a woman. love that it came AFTER the sex lol. but i just can't wrap my mind around this shit. this person is literally expecting only males to read her book. i've never encountered anything like this before."

"goes from an asinine tale of her learning to kiss to how she, quite literally, let her grandmother die, to PASTED TWEETS FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF LEIA. COMPLETE WITH -------------- PAGE BREAKS. THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE i can't stop laughing."

"out of no where.. a 'chapter' (read: 8 lines) of just ways to end an email. literally just stuff like 'namaste.' 'sent from a women's bathroom glory hole.' WHAT does this have to do with her, her book, her life? like what. what. seriously what the hell is this lol."

"this pie thing is adorable and endearing. showing her belly because she cannot close her pants, on air, due to eating too much pie in secret. girl should have released a novella with JUST that story."

"LOL WHAT. IS SHE SERIOUSLY JUST USING A CHAPTER TO ANSWER FAQ LOL WHAT. WHAT. "WHICH IS COOLER, MARIO OR ZELDA? Super Mario." LOL WHAT. WHAT. ARE YOU SERIOUS. holy shit my belly hurts. she can only be mentally slow. like there is literally no other explanation for this book. wow. woooow. unbelievable."

"i identify with her anxiety - choosing to be yourself or be funny, and then being obnoxious in your nerves. i am only ever myself with my boyfriend. even with my good female friends, i am louder and entirely different than i am truly. so this was nice to read. man. this girl seems so nice but just dumber than a sack of bricks."

[Lindsay · Rating 1 out of 5]

I admit I was a little biased against this book pretty much from the beginning. After the punchline of the first chapter was revealed to be that the author's first boyfriend when she was 13 had Tourette's Syndrome and that this was apparently some karmic retribution against her, I felt like a terrible person just for having read it. I can take some measure of comfort from knowing that I didn't laugh, but still. The fact that that was the joke was pretty low as far as I'm concerned.

Fortunately, the book did pick up a bit, and I did chuckle to myself more than a few times. However, it wasn't wonderful, and some of the jokes fell a bit flat. In particular, when she complains about all those horrible skinny women out there while simultaneously saying, "I ate so much pie I couldn't fit into my size 25 jeans!" Translation: she normally has a 25 inch waist and she's upset about people who are skinny. I'm confused. The Princess Leia Twitter feed thing was pretty funny, and I enjoyed reading a couple of her other not-deliberately-hurtful anecdotes, but these features didn't really redeem it enough for me to give it a higher rating.

[Dracolibris · Rating 2 out of 5]

Mildly entertaining, this book wasn't nearly as funny as I had hoped it would be, and in fact, after reading it, I find I do not like the author nearly as much as I thought I would. I was hoping for a lovable,funny tribute to geek culture and how she has embraced her inner geek to find fame and fortune. And there were sections where I got a few giggles. Munn did talk about her lonely childhood, being ignored or bullied in new and different schools (a military family, they moved a lot), and how invariably geeks were the ones who extended a hand of friendship. That was sweet. But in other sections she denigrates, makes disparaging comments and is downright judgemental and rude about other people, whether it is their appearance, their voices, their weight, etc. She wants to portray herself as a geek goddess who understands what it feels like to be an outsider, and tries to glean sympathy for being the victim of all those popular mean girls way back when, yet she comes across as somewhat of a mean girl herself. Left me feeling somewhat puzzled by the apparent hypocrisy. I guess for better laughs I will move on the next David Sedaris book on my list, or wait for Jenny Lawson to write another book or blog entry.

[Mainon · Rating 1 out of 5]

I was mostly familiar with Olivia Munn from her role as Sloane Sabbith on the TV show Newsroom -- which is a phenomenal program -- and her guest appearance on this season of The New Girl. I was looking forward to learning more about her, especially since the subtitle promised stories about her apparent geekiness.

This book, though, seems to gave been written before she took on the acting roles I mentioned above. I guess she co-hosted some geeky show on G4 for awhile? If you didn't already know that, don't bother reading this book, because it's targeted to fanboys.
I realized I was NOT part of the intended readership when I got to the chapter giving tips on how to get laid more often (I learned I should pay attention when a girl tells me what she likes). And then a little bit later I discovered the pin-up photo printed on the reverse of the dust jacket.
I think the rest of the book was just her trying to bolster her legitimacy as a geek. "I watched Star Wars...and then I dressed up in a gold bikini, tee hee!" "I can make jokes about a twelve-sided dice! [sic]" "I love Comic-con because my fans are so awesome!"
Also, the editing was abysmal, and the copy editor should be forced to eat every page that contained a mistake. Without salt.

[Logan · Rating 4 out of 5]

I see some not very positive reviews for this book, and I don't understand why. I guess you have to know what you are getting into. Unlike other people who read this book, I knew 3 things going in:
1. I had heard of Olivia Munn before purchasing this book (mainly from The Daily Show & Newsroom, but she's also an Attack of the Show host).
2. I knew that this book was supposed to be funny.
3. And MOST importantly, I have a sense of humor. You won't like this book if you don't...

Also, I listened to the audiobook, so I had the benefit of hearing Olivia perform this herself. One of the benefits of comedy books written by actors is that they are almost always read by the author, who does a great job because actors are performers. (Note: a good voice actor is the key to a fantastic audiobook.)

This book includes many fun stories of Olivia's nerdy life. Yes, many of them are exaggerated for effect because she is a comedian. Is Olivia hot? Of course, but you shouldn't always judge a book by its cover, although this book does have a great cover!

Anyway, if you know who Olivia Munn is and have a sense of humor, you will most likely enjoy this book.

[Kris · Rating 2 out of 5]

Holy freaking crap. This is SO BAD. I read the reviews, and I thought, "I find Olivia Munn mildly entertaining - How bad can it be?"

Don't make the same mistake that I did. It is really, really bad. She is shallow and judgmental and a terrible writer.

A few examples of the kind of person she is:
1. She literally says "I wouldn't call myself a feminist."
2. She refers to the Bill Clinton scandal by calling Monica Lewinsky "some ugly ass bitch".
3. She recommends taking personal transportation away from fat people and forcing them to walk everywhere through "fat people tunnels" so that they will lose weight.

Those are just a few of her horrifying opinions. So why two stars instead of one? It has a good title, and there were a couple places that made me laugh. I also thought that the chapter on her grandmother's death had some redeeming qualities. But, damn, I really, really, really don't want to spend anymore time with this person.

[Reilly Wong · Rating 1 out of 5]

this was a hate read

[Mary · Rating 1 out of 5]

For someone who claims to be a huge geek, Olivia makes fun of nerds and geeks an awful lot. She claims to understand what it is to be unpopular and bullied, yet she fat-shames, slut-shames and makes fun of people who are geekier than her, saying that she likes geeky things, but not as much as that person, haha, aren't those geeks hilarious, she's so much cooler than them. I had to stop reading once I read her ideas for what she would do if she was president, including taking away public transportation for fat people and making them walk places in underground, fat people tunnels.

[Steve · Rating 1 out of 5]

Strikingly inept.

[Sam C · Rating 3 out of 5]

I gave this book another try after having shelved this as DNF last year. I think that after powering through the wittier, dirtier books by Chelsea Handler, diving into this particular book wasn't the best choice. It was like going from dirty college sex to heavy petting in high school.

The chapters are short, and the contents are random. I will launch into spoiler mode from this point forward, so be warned.

Chapter 1: Ruff Love - She is 13 and nabbed herself a boyfriend whose laugh sounds like a bark.

Chapter 2: Thoughts About My First Agent's Girlfriend's Vagina - She housits/dogsits for her agent, who then shows her a closeup picture of his gf's vag.

Chapter 3: The Sweetest Moments in Geek History! Of All Time! - Just a rundown of geeky events in human history, starting with 1391 BC when Moses led his people out of Egypt, and ending with January 20, 2009 when Obama is inaugurated. Editor must've skipped this chapter because that "more smarter" thing threw me off for a second.

Chapter 4: Star Wars Can Totally Help You In Life - Some nonsensical epiphany about her use of the force to deal with haters.

Chapter 5: Random True Story #1 - Her boyfriend confesses to fantasizing about sucking dick post-coitus.

Chapter 6: Sex: What You Can Do to Help Yourself Have More of It - Unsolicited sex advice

Chapter 7: My Fans Rule--and Are Really Good Artists - Notice how she says 'good', not 'awesome' or 'phenomenal'. Just pictures of her fan's artwork featuring herself and a lot of pies.

* Chapter 8: The First Rule of Kindergarten is That You Have to Bribe Kids to Let Them Play With You - This one was actually kind of sad. She recalls the time when she and her stepsister Annie went to kindergarten together, but she'd always be shunned or forgotten in favor of Annie, pretty and blonde and well-dressed. Annie got invited a birthday party, but Olivia didn't. The playhouse in the school had a five-players-only limit, and even though Olivia always got there first, Annie and her four other friends would still kick her out. One day, she brings a doll to school to bribe the girls into letting her play with them. They agree, but only if she plays the dog. And you know what happens to the dog? It stays outside. :(

Chapter 9: My Dinner with Harvard's Finest - She goes to dinner with a famous Hollywood director and his social climbing girlfriend who comes from "Harvard". This director unabashedly humiliates this doormat of a girl in front of everyone.

Chapter 10: The Ten Major Points of Olivia Munn's 2024 Presidential Campaign Platform - A list of ten things, including "The judicial system will be abolished in favor of a UFC/MMA fight between the two opposing parties."

Chapter 11: What to Do When the Robots Invade (Yes, When!) - This chapter was meh and I can't remember much of it. I guess she wrote it to support her geekiness.

Chapter 12: Muscle Relaxers and Swimming Fully Clothed Don't Really Go Together So Good - Wedding in Mexico. She gets drunk off her ass (for the first time?) and takes muscle relaxers, after which she and the rest of the bride's entourage go into the ocean. She almost drowns but her boyfriend saves her. She takes a nekkid shower with the maid of honor and they end up making out, but stop when a wine bottle in the shower breaks.

Chapter 13: Surefire Pickup Lines for College Kids Trying to Nail their Teachers - Text on chalkboard. Pickup lines that will probably get you suspended and the professor fired if either of you fall for this chapter.

Chapter 14: A Gallery of Great Women - Her dressed in costumes representing Annie Oakley, Catherine the Great, Princess Leia, etc.

* Chapter 15: On the Playboy Cover Shoot, Scandinavian Stylists, and Picking Out Panties - I enjoyed this chapter. She got offered to do the Playboy cover, but declined. They offered again, but no nudity this time, which she accepted. The brouhaha started when the Scandinavian stylist insisted on dressing her in revealing fishnet everything.

Chapter 16: The Time I Met the Champ - She was walking around the mall and ran into Evander Holyfield, who asks to join her for lunch. He makes a move on her.

Chapter 17: Dating Tips to Totally Help You Score! - Like the other chapter about robots, this was boring.

* Chapter 18: The Worst Day Ever - This was probably the only heart-wrenching chapter in this book. I know Chapter 8 was sad, but this one made me shed a tear. She goes through a depressed, angry state during the start of college, when she lived with her grandparents. I'm not even going to spoil this. You have to read this yourself.

Chapter 19: Princess Leia Tweets Star Wars - Just a peek at Princess Leia's Twitter timeline.

Chapter 20: Random True Story #2 - She mistakes Lil Jon for Lil Wayne.

* Chapter 21: "Masturbatory" is Not Always a Metaphor in Hollywood - Gross director unashamedly jerks off in front of her.

Chapter 22: Spotting Asshole Made Easy - A 25-item list that includes "People who honk their horns the freaking second the light turns green."

Chapter 23: Boys Can Be Really Great--and Also Really F'ing Annoying - A list of things that boys should avoid doing.

Chapter 24: Here's the Part About Moving to Oklahoma, Throwing my First Party, and Fake Sleeping to Trick the Cops - She admits to wanting to be popular in school (who doesn't) and gets roped into throwing a party at her house. Assholes from school try to rob her.

Chapter 25: Unfortunate Email Sign-Offs - A 10-item list that includes "Jesus Loves You" and "Sent from my iPhone".

Chapter 26: The Day I Saw My First Antique Dildo - She visits a Hugh Hefner-type of director who gifts her an antique dildo.

Chapter 27: I Did it All for the Love of Pie - She recalls the time she dressed in a French maid outfits and jumped into a giant chocolate pie for Attack of the Show.

Chapter 28: Random True Story #3 - While working on Insanitarium, she tells the story of how Peter Stormare really pushed to have a shower scene with her.

Chapter 29: Why I'd Rather Date a Geek - This was so pandering that I got second-hand embarrassment reading this. I get it. You're into geek culture. Geeks aren't gross anymore--they are passionate and sexy. Simmer down.

Chapter 30: Suck It, Wonder Woman! - She plays a variety of female action heroes and questions why there is so much boobs and spandex.

Chapter 31: Location, Location, etc. - "These are all times when life was so crazy and weird, you just really needed to be there…" She tells the story of when she peed her pants in fourth grade but insisted it was just the melted ice in her pocket; when she was putting boxes of peaches in her car and the impatient bitch behind her kept screaming at her to move her car; a friend kept fucking up her job as Olivia's assistant and then gardener; and her run-in with a cheating ex-boyfriend.

Chapter 32: FAQ for a Supergeek - Ugh.

So while I may have judged too harshly during my first run with this book, I still stand by half of my first review. This was insanely marketed for "geeks" and "nerds". You know what I don't like? People who label themselves geeks, nerds, weirdos. She was over the top on that one. Wasn't very hilarious, either, so I'm not sure if she really tried to be funny or if she was forcing it so hard that the comedy completely flew over my head. And oh my god--her love for pie is ridiculous.

I enjoyed her sadder chapters, in fact. The story about her kindergarten bullies and her grandmother hit a heartstring. She should stick to that. She knows how to write sadness in a way that really makes the reader empathize with her.

So now that I'm done with this review, I'm going to dig in to that chocolate satin pie I got from Marie Callender's, specifically after reading her pie diving chapter. Way to go for pie marketing.

[Vigneswara Prabhu · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was because of the witty and adorkably charming character of Sloan Sabbath which Olivia portrayed in Aaron Sorkin's Newsroom which I picked up this book. Mostly to see, if the real person had any resemblance to the character, who in my opinions was one of the highlights of that great show.

There are some aspects here which are of interest; particularly those chapters which deal with Olivia's family, childhood and other defining moments in her life. In particular, the chapter where she narrates the events surrounding her grandmother's passing, an event to which she was witness to, make you empathize with her.

I also appreciated the random chapters peppered throughout, which described the expected misogyny and objectification that someone who is in... let's say the modeling persuasion would experience. There are all the usual cliques; the Weinstein-esque lecherous director, the stereotypical middle-aged photographer who wants his models to be more,'provocante', the veteran successful LA filmmaker with a menagerie of odd yet depraved memorabilia. You'd think there is some sort of checklist that all the perverts follow when interacting with with young hopefuls.

But, for the most part, over half of the book is filled with gravure, at times tasteful, sometimes witty, mostly catering photographs of Olivia. As well as entire chapters which are questionnaires or checklists. Most of it feels like something to pad the page count. I understand that most of it catered to the actress' ardent fans. and even understand where such fandom comes from.

A self-proclaimed geek, who's interests in nerd-dom goes beyond the superficial and is accepting and appreciate of her somewhat odd fanbase. It's like a tomboy girlfriend, who is like one of the bros, every man's dream.

Like it or hate it, Munn is someone who has capitalized on her strengths, and catered to her fanbase to gain fame and recognition. You might not understand or appreciate it, but you can see what her appeal is, to that certain niche.

Having said that, I guess I expected more than what was put on page. So yes, at times entertaining, with hints of wit and sarcasm, but ultimately unsatisfying is how I'd categorize the book.

[Zuzka Jakúbková · Rating 5 out of 5]

Olivia Munn is so funny! Great tips on surviving a robot apocalypse and geeky sexual encounter.

[╟ ♫ Tima ♪ ╣ ♥ · Rating 2 out of 5]

First things first, a little dose of honesty. There are two reasons I am reading this book.

1) It was free.
2) Olivia Munn is insanely gorgeous.

There, now that we have that out of the way, we can dissect.

First Impression: At 11% and have found plenty of grammar and spelling errors. Not really surprised, since this book has a general rushed feel to it. Her writing isn't all that great. Well, it isn't great at all actually. It reads equivalent to a hot drunk girl talking really fast to you at a bar. She says 'ya know?' too much. Ya know?

21 percent: Welp, I could certainly do without the chapter advising how to have better sex. " You always dribble before you shoot, so make sure to wrap it up.". It's unclear to me why this chapter is even in her memoir.

37 percent: An entire chapter that was nothing but pictures of her dressed up as famous women from history. Clearly, her agent was assuming (probably correctly) that most of the people buying this book were people wanting to whack off to her.

64 percent: Very unfunny chapter that was nothing Star Wars as tweeted by Princess Leia (sounds like it could be funny, right? It isn't). She is one of the people who uses the word "literally" WRONG. Very, very wrong. So wrong that its definition has been altered in the dictionary. She had to wait forever, literally. She throws around the word in a way that would make the Geeks go crazy. Tsk tsk. What surprised me was that she's never smoked a cigarette or done any drugs, I really admire that.

Final Thoughts: The book just kept falling apart the further it went. I can't stress enough how much her misuse of the word literally filled me with rage. She would make references to things and then, in parenthesis, explain the reference. Which ruins the point of a geeky reference in the first place. She had moments where I really agreed with what she was saying; they were just overshadowed by all the times I was wishing this book was physically in my hands so that I could light it on fire. It was barely about her own personal geekiness, the title is very misleading. Thumbs down to this book. Though she's still smoking gorgeous and smart. Just, not an author.

Favorite Quotes :

1) “Is that…” I started. “My girlfriend’s vagina. In every position you can think of. Isn’t it beautiful?” To me, vaginas look like messy open-faced Reuben sandwiches…not mine, of course. But, this one looked like that. And so…this was his girlfriend’s vagina?

2) "The only thing we had in common, it seemed, was that I was equally excited about meeting new friends. And skin—we both had skin over our bones. So there were two things we had in common."

3) “Of course you’ve shot more nudity in those magazines! It’s not Playboy. Playboy still has a stigma. I’ve shown more of myself in Vanity Fair. But that’s different. If I show more in GQ I’m being artsy and sexy. If I show more in Playboy, I’m just one more tart in…Playboy.”

4) "'Vaginas are, after all, like snowflakes, only warmer and softer, and bleed like a gaping wound monthly…wait, what was I saying?"

[Brooks · Rating 2 out of 5]

In the interest of full disclosure, I didn't expect to like this going into it but it was there and I had an hour to kill. I skimmed my way through the book in a couple hours. I normally don't skim much, but I had trouble maintaining dedicated interest in the writing itself. I don't know if anyone came into this looking for a literary masterpiece, but it went about as you'd expect.

She tells her tales of geekly woe with a constant stream-of-consciousness style of writing that would make you think this was a phone conversation where you never get a word in. This informal tone does lend the book some personality, and a few turns of phrase or incidents of commentary did strike me as amusing but overall the organization and flow of it feels a bit like someone just asked her to write a series of emails detailing her adventures. And she did.

I've long debated whether Olivia Munn was a "Real" geek, or just a woman riding the great waves created by more authentic nerd-girls like Felicia Day. Unfortunately, at the end of this book I am still not sure. If anyone else had written the book, perhaps I would have a different emotional reaction to it and maybe it is just a bias on my part. I don't deny that. However, it feels in places as though she has taken a page out of the politician's handbook and the entire work is simply a PR piece designed to get us more interested in her "narrative" (i.e. her public image). I wouldn't go as far as to accuse the accounts of being fictional - only stylized, and with a nagging sense of being inauthentic. Every short chapter seems to jump up and scream "NO, FOR REAL, I *AM* A GEEK!" To quote a better writer, "The lady doth protest too much, methinks."

That said, it wasn't necessarily a bad book. If you're a fan of Olivia Munn and her personality does it for you, you'll probably get a kick out of the book. It wasn't poorly written (even if it could use some polish) and parts were even genuinely entertaining.

I give this a 2 out of 5. Your mileage may vary.

[Joe Robles · Rating 3 out of 5]

I feel bad giving this book 3 stars, 'cause it was enjoyable, it just wasn't great or fantastic. The book is a collection of essays and reminds me of the comedic works of early Woody Allen or Jon Stewart's Naked Pictures of Famous People. It also feels like reading a collection of her blogs. There is some great insight into the real Olivia Munn and if you're a fan it is a must read.

What is good about this book is that you are able to relate to Olivia. The stories of her childhood and not fitting in, seem more genuine than other sex symbols who say they were "ugly" in high school. With other people those stories seem forced or like they WANT you to not hate them. However, Olivia has a story where she is happy in elementary school and the girls let her place house with them. They make her the dog, and she has to stay outside. And that's not even the saddest part of that story.

Of course, this isn't a memoir and it does have some funny moments, like the Star Wars as told through Leia's tweets. (Help me @obiwanrulz #yuckydeathstar. Also: No, Seriously @obiwanrulz u r like my only hope.) And "great moments in geek history" (May 13th, 1964: Stephen Colbert born - possibly speaks both Quenya and Sindarin.) The funny "bits" are sadly not as good as the true bits. Background on the Playboy shoot, or the Pie Jump are what really makes the book good. It never hits laugh out loud hilarious, but it does make me like Olivia Munn even more than I already did.

[Bert · Rating 4 out of 5]

Surprisingly good. It is raw, often crude (which is not something I shy away from), but I found it very enjoyable. There were times it nearly made me cry, times that I laughed out loud, and I was smiling constantly.

This is NOT a great work of literature, by anyone's definition, but probably some of the most fun I have had reading a book in a while.

Definitely NOT a book for kids, although some chapters would be very appropriate (her reflection on trying to fit in while growing up were shockingly honest and would likely strike a chord with many; it did with me)

If you can tolerate some bad language, some shock humor (do you laugh at "OMG, she did not just say that" humor, or are you offended), I highly recommend it. Just the glimpses into that odd planet known as Hollywood is entertaining (albeit in a shocking, sad way).

I somewhat knew who she was before reading this, but I can state that I am a huge fan now.

[CheeseAssasin · Rating 1 out of 5]

I've never seen Olivia Munn on television but was intrigued enough by this "geek" girl to pick up the book. It only took a little over an hour to read but it felt like an eternity. There's really no point to this book. It's sloppily written and has no direction. It's not clever, it's not funny, and it's not smart. Aside from the odd reference to Star Wars and her claims of preferring dorky men, she really doesn't even sound like much of a geek. This is honestly one of the worst books I've ever read.