Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea

Cutting Edge Funny Stuff

Having seen Chelsea doing stand up and on Girls Behaving Badly, I was anxious to see how her wicked sarcastic wit would translate into text. It's fantastic! A seriously gifted writer, who combines funny and uninhibited raunchiness better than any woman. And it's not just the sheer ridiculous circumstances she encounters. She reflects about her mindless journeys and the meaning of life in such an amusing, self-deprecating and cynical manner.

Filled with funny anecdotes, she has that trashy comedienne's gift of saying everything we think about but are afraid to say. And she manages to share absolutely horrifying events and somehow make them hysterical!

There are some hilarious and uncomfortable family situations. Her father was quite the provider of wisdom, selling used junkyard cars out of their front yard, while making inappropriate sexual innuendos towards his daughters.

There's some really funny and humiliating youth debacles and misadventures. My favorites; her embarrassing and preposterous fake celebrity elementary school tale, a LOL birthday party for a friendless girl full of re-gifting, pretending to be honeymooning with her father in order to upgrade to first class. The Mini-Me and Prison Break chapters are just classics. Frankly if she wasn't successful, she may have ended up a basket case.

At some points in a story, I laughed so hard, my husband kept trying to steal the book from me. I didn't want the book to end. Everyone can find something to relate to in one of these stories.

If you are sensitive or quick to take offense, I would pass on this one. If you have a repressed wild side, you'll dive in headfirst and relish her antics and live vicariously through them. Also, if you like reading funny out of control drinking and sex stories, I'm half-way through Chelsea's other book My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands and it's great.

And although I can't admit it to my husband, I secretly loved the book that is guy's version of the same theme. Steamy sex, hilarious, and like a James Bond story.

High Heels and Dirty Deals - Globetrotting Tales of Debauchery from a Binge-drinking Nymphomaniac by Brett Tate. Get all three!

11 out of 13 people found this review helpful.

Are You There Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea

By far, one of the funniest books I've read recently. From the hilarious story of her getting arrested for a DUI and ending up in LA County for an unrelated false id theft to going to Costa Rica with her father on a "honeymoon" to get first class airplane seating, Handler is absolutely unique, raunchy, and hilarious. Whether she's discussing her close friends, ex boyfriends, or family, Chelsea doesn't hold back and tells it how it is. If you love Chelsea Lately, you will love this book! If you're easily offended by sex talk and dirty jokes; step away now.

7 out of 7 people found this review helpful.

The stories weren't making any sense.

I couldn't get past the first few chapters of this book. I couldn't follow what she was talking about because it felt like she was rambling about nonsense. Total waste of time.

5 out of 11 people found this review helpful.

Fun, Entertaining, and Original

This is a quick read that's fun and entertaining. Great buy!

5 out of 6 people found this review helpful.

Not worth the price

I have been a fan of her since her early days, however, this book has changed my image of her. The beginning of the book started out good, but quickly turned in to her telling stories about her friends and lovers and how much they irriate her. I believe she puts it correctly when she calls herself an "a$$hole". How this became a bestseller is beyond me. I would've felt better is I would have paid $5 for the book.

4 out of 9 people found this review helpful.

not much there

It was not that good. Lies and lame lame jokes. I do not see what the fuss is all aboue

3 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

"I can't believe she just said that."

Definitely a book I'd describe as 'outrageously funny', mostly because half the stuff this woman says is the kind of things you'll either find hilarious in a 'that's so wrong' kind of way, or you'll be offended and refuse to read on further. Still, I'll be looking into her other books since I enjoyed this one so much.

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Loved it!

This is one of the funniest books I ever read. I sure will be buying more.

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Laugh Out Loud Funny!

I tried reading this while on an airplane and couldn't. It was too funny. After the first 2 pages, people were starting to stare at me because I tried to hold in my laughter. It's a hysterical collection of life events and will have you laughing the entire time!

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

An Absolute MUST Read!

I heard about this book through a friend and I knew I wanted to read it because I absolutely love Chelsea Handler. From the moment I started the book I could not stop laughing. This book is beyond hilarious. The stories she tells are just pure entertainment and keeps you reading and reading. Whether you like her not, read this! You'll be laughing your ass off.

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Hilarious

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It sucks!

it stinks. it is gross. never buy or watch her show any more.

1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Absolutely Hilarious and Completely Ridiculous

You almost wish that you weren't her but to have such a sense of humor in the midst of all of the outrageous circumstances in her life you almost get jealous.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Laughed out loud!

Finally a woman who speaks her mind!

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Deliciously Dumb Writing

Chelsea Handler's Are You There Vodka? It's Me Chelsea is a collection of ridiculous stories from her past whose topics range from drunken midgets, spending the night in jail, and pretending to be honeymooning with her father to upgrade to first class. Each chapter is a different outrageous story, memorable stories include the time she told her third grade class she was about to play Goldie Hawn's daughter in the sequel to Private Benjamin in order to attract a certain boy, or the time she babysat a fourteen year old while she was only twelve herself. The major messages and themes o f this novel are Handler's ability to turn horrifying events hilarious and her brutal honesty in today's world. The stories were hilarious and entertaining but bordered on ridiculous. The sheer outlandishness of Handler's experiences hints that the stories are either highly embellished or not true at all. In some parts of the book her "humor" can be viewed as vulgar, trashy, and offensive, as is the language used. Anyone who is easily offended should not read this book or even pick it up. If you like wild, bizarre, drunk adventures you would like this book and should also read Handler's other autobiographies My Horizontal Life and Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang. Overall I would give this book a 3 out of 5 stars.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

A little disapointed.

The writing style was original but the vocabulary was not to advanced, and some of the stories were not very intriguing.

1 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

Terrible

I really enjoyed My Horizontal Life but it became clear very early in this book that she ran out of material after her debut effort. The stories in this book are rarely funny and often paint an unfavorable picture of Handler who comes off as smug and unoriginal. Handler needs to figure out what constitutes a funny story to tell friends and what is worth reading because this book is just awful.

1 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

LAUGH OUT LOUD FUNNY

You've gotta admire Chelsea Handlers dry sense of humor and her ability to be completely honest, even if it hurts. In this book Chelsea writes about all the crazy situations she manages to get herself into, and i personaly wish my life was this interesting, every chapter was full of new and hilarious reasons to laugh. Her life consists of midgets, red heads, persians with a fetish for dogs, and an in-mate who had the hots for her. I would most deffinetly recomend this book to a friend or family member, it would even make a great gift!

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Simply funny

I found my self laughing through out the whole book, especially chapter 10 jumped.She talks about everything from her love life to her parents to getting jumped, its a world wind of comedic stories. This book is laugh out loud funny! If you like her show you will love this book.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Are You There Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea

Last night, I stayed in, turned off my BlackBerry, and read Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea by Chelsea Handler. The book was given to me as part of a birthday gift this year. I swear I have never laughed out loud so many times while reading a book. I will admit that some chapters were a bit much, but overall, what an extremely funny read. With a combination of topics ranging from midgets, re-gifting, claiming to be famous, and dog sitting, I read the entire book within a few hours, laughing constantly. It was like watching stand up comedy live, but through a book.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.