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mandirigma's review against another edition
3.0
Decent reading for lunch breaks. I'm currently in a job I love, but having been in a number of crap jobs before, I could definitely relate to Ayun's misadventures. Plus, I was really interested in how a zinester made the move to book form. I did find myself laughing out loud at a number of parts, but one thing that really took me out of the book was the people of color in her essays. This was probably unintentional, but her portrayals of people of color were often stereotypical and racist. There aren't even a whole lot of people of color in her book, but they were huge standouts mostly because they were more caricatures than characters. It's not enough to keep me from reading another book by Halliday (I actually have The Big Rumpus! on my to-read list), but she does need some work in that area.
coldinaugust's review against another edition
3.0
A collection of short stories about Halliday's former work experiences. Enjoyable enough and humorous, although hardly ever laugh-out-loud funny. Two and a half stars.
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