Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets & Advice for Living Your Best Life

So real and honest. Blunt and funny. I highly recommend this book and the unique way Ali Wong writes. And the chapters by her husband.

It's true. This book is raunchy. Even for me. And I'm no prude. So if you don't like raunch, this book is not for you. I like Ali Wong's comedy and I found this book to be very entertaining and funny. I like how she wrote it as a future letter of sorts to her girls. It's an easy read and you learn a bit about Ali and her journey through life. She's a very cultured and bright woman with a lot of good advice and insight based on knowledge and EXPERIENCE. I love the part her husband writes (what a great and supportive man). I also love her summary on Asian cuisine. As a lover of food, particularly Asian, she nailed it! - Mrs. Whittemore

Honestly, if I was Ali Wong, I would want my daughters to wait WAY longer before reading this book, because the tales of her life are wild! But I really cracked up all the way through, and it was a real page turner. I feel a little bit like she has already judged me as a person for ever having been to a P.F. Chang's, but she's so honest and real, it felt very cool.

I laughed out loud many times... I love how refreshingly honest she is... Eg. about new motherhood... and that scene of her & the family at the park... So real, and humorously relatable. I also enjoyed how she pulls back the curtain of what it's like to be a stand-up comedian (the good, bad, and the ugly). Having a section from her hubby at the end was a bonus, it was great to hear his perspective too.... Ali Wong is a unique person, and her radical honesty & open expression about her life is raw & inspiring - Thank you!

The book starts out sweet and light hearted with so many things any woman could identify with but then starts to get deeper. It is in the same tone as her stand up, so if you're easily offended by real life language and situations, maybe not the book for you.I have to admit for me parts of the book hit too close to home. I am white and luckily enough to have a son who brought an amazing Asian girlfriend into our lives. I have spent a lot of time wondering, if not meaning to, I have some ignorant racism in me. Sad part it is trying not to be where I might have gone wrong. I love being challenged even if it is uncomfortably.She is a genius to me and her husbands finial words were heart warming and so very real.Please take the time to read and learn there are many levels to this book from light hearted to very serious.

Before I read this, I really didn’t like Ali Wong that much, but after reading it I see her as a much more genuine person. It’s a fully disgusting book, so be prepared for that, but it’s also a fun and light read with a few really funny lines. My main takeaways were “I am so ****ing sick of rich people” and “Are Ali Wong and I actually the same person?” ...No, hell no. I will never pay to go to Equinox and even though I’ve worked for a functional medicine doctor I’m not into natural remedies. But, we’re more similar than I thought.In the first half of the book I desperately wanted to take her by the shoulders and say “YOU HAVE LEAD AN EXTREMELY PRIVILEGED LIFE! CAN YOU LIKE, RECOGNIZE THAT?” Still, it was fun to realize there are experiences we share and it was good to try to see things from her perspective.You will definitely be super hungry while reading — she talks about food a lot, so you’re going to get tugged back and forth between thinking ‘oh my god ew’ during the parts about, err, various peoples’ bodies, and having your mouth water as you think about soup. So honestly don’t buy this book if you don’t live near some good Vietnamese restaurants or have a friend from Vietnam who likes to share their cooking.Ultimately, I think the author actually has a pretty narrow world view, but she does make some awesome points about dealing with that very thing so I have to say I think she has a good heart and tries to be responsible with her opinions.This is definitely not the version of the book she’s planning on giving to her kids — this is probably about half of it, and I think so because there isn’t much content here and it won’t tell you anything you don’t already know about Ali Wong from her comedy specials. The chapters are definitely repetitive and mostly make three points: respect other cultures’ food, Ali Wong is Horny, and Ali Wong has never really gone through any hardship.The one thing I wish I could say to the author is that, in regard to her complaints about the people in the US who live on Kraft Singles and white bread — they do it because they’re poor. They’re also ignorant of other cultures largely because they’re poor. Rich people in the US eat foie gras, bone marrow and oysters and have been doing it at least since I was a kid in the 90’s, watching Martha Stewart give her tips for getting marrow bones super white before serving. A lot of Vietnamese cooking also comes from French recipes, and the French also eat escargot and chicken hearts, which your average white kid in America probably hasn’t tried if they haven’t been taken to a French restaurant. If you’re thinking, “You can get chicken hearts for like $1.98 at Uwajimaya,” let me tell you, poor people don’t really go places they’re not sure they’re welcome, and I’ve been straight up asked “Why are you here?” at Uwajimaya. So, I’m sorry your rude friends aren’t comfortable with some dishes, but speaking as a former rich kid gone too poor to eat anything but macaroni when the economy went bad: My snow white Polish *** has been roasted in a high school lunch room for eating guacamole. Kids are jerks, the only real privilege is money, and you’ve had more than enough your whole life.So... as you can tell, the book chafes a little. I haven’t had an easy life so it’s very, very hard for me to take Ali Wong’s complaints seriously when she got to not only go to college but study abroad twice. She even has the nerve to write about studying abroad like it’s a chore everyone should undertake even though it’s inconvenient, not an impossible and expensive privilege most people will never get. Is racism a huge problem in America? Yes! Is white privilege real? Yes! Is Ali Wong writing about any of it? ...Nah? But she definitely thinks she is.I do think it’s important for wealthy people of color to give voice to the things non-wealthy people of color don’t have a platform for, but I don’t like the way Ali Wong does it. Like I said, she makes it tough to take her seriously, and she sounds naive even when she talks about things she’s lived through.All in all, not bad for a celebrity book but not what I’d call beautifully communicated. A good book to read on the bus.

This book is very reminiscent of Ali Wong's stand-up. And just like stand-up, most of the humor isn't from the circumstances of a story, but it's delivery. I think in book form, the delivery is narrative voice, and Ali's narrative voice is hilarious! I really enjoyed it.

I read this a few years ago for a work book club and we all had a lot of laughs.I’ve started buying copies for my friends to celebrate their first pregnancies and so far it’s made a great gift!

I laughed/cried all the way through the book, and found myself in her stories as I always do with her shows. Definitely would read again.

Anyone that has left a negative review for Dear Girls has obviously no idea who Ali Wong is. The book is true to her style of comedy but also includes some heart felt sentiment. Maybe it's her honesty people can't deal with, but if you've seen any of Ali's stand up shows, you will love this book, trust me. Ali rules!

Dopo che ho acquistato il libro, sono andata a vedere anche i suoi spettacoli, la trovo divertente, diretta e fortunatamente poco politicaly correct, un humor veramente esilarante !

Ali Wong's humor not only translates on stage but also in her memoir. Her memoir is filled with hilarious anecdotes and even more convulsion-inducing commentaries and asides, but along with each story Ali offers valuable advice to aspiring young creatives, and young people in general who are pursuing their dreams. Ali Wong discusses her wondrous life trajectory leading to her current success, all the bumps in the road, and more importantly her dedication to her craft. I highly recommend this book, especially to young women.

La conocí con su especial de netflix y se la puse a mi pareja, desde entonces vemos todo lo que hace. Este libro es del mismo estilo que sus monólogos y su humor muy bueno también.