Chelsea's Family Friends and Other Victims

Lies That Chelsea Handler Told Me

I Picked Up This Book Because: I didn’t realize there was a C.H. book I hadn’t read.

Media Type: Audiobook
Source: CCP Library
Dates Read: 10/30/21 - 11/1/21
Stars: *DNF No Rating

The Story:

I was quite shocked that there was a Chelsea Handler book I hadn’t read. I’m quite the fan of her written work. After listening to just over half of this book I understand why.

This book is mostly not written by Chelsea. She does an intro and a snappy reaction at the end of each chapter but that’s about it. It is stories from her co-workers, friends and family that quite frankly make Chelsea seem mean. Everyone exalts her virtues and boobs at some point in her story but 3 hours of it was more than enough for me.… (meer)

I'm rating this book as amazing not because it has any deep insights, trust me, it couldn't if it tried. But because it is absolutely hilarious. I laughed for extended periods multiple times while reading this. Some of the pranks she pulls are just too out there, but it's nice to know that she cares about her friends and family enough to inject that amount of humor into their lives. They may not always appreciate it at the time (I'm sure I wouldn't either) but it's nice to have that sort of thing to laugh about later.

In addition to the jokes, the tone that it's written in is great. There were so many different perspectives but they all described Chelsea Handler in a funny, sarcastic way rather than the overdone cheesy, "Oh, Chelsea is so wonderful" kind of way. I probably wouldn't start watching her show, but I do like her writing and reading about all the jokes she plays on people. She could probably just have a book of pranks, without her friends additional insights about her, and I would read it.… (meer)