aftbooks 's review for:

Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir by Ina Garten by Ina Garten

4.25

funny medium-paced

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I loved the background chapters and the building of her story, but by the time it gets remotely current it’s very unrelatable and she revels a bit too much in her wealth, privilege and adjacency to fame/celebrities. It feels braggy and out of touch even though you want to be able to celebrate her accomplishments after experiencing how she built herself to this point. But she makes it incredibly difficult in the final chapters. When she wants you to feel inspired by her lockdown story…any relatability has already gone out the window. It gets to eye rolling levels when she talks about her Instagram “impact”. Barf.