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This Will Only Hurt a Little
- Narrated by: Busy Philipps
- Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
- Categories: Biographies & Memoirs, Entertainment & Celebrities
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Publisher's Summary
A collection of humorous autobiographical essays by the beloved comedic actress known for her roles on Freaks and Geeks, Dawson’s Creek, and Cougartown who has become “[T]he breakout star on Instagram stories.... [I]magine I Love Lucy mixed with a modern lifestyle guru” (The New Yorker).
Busy Philipps’ autobiographical audiobook offers the same unfiltered and candid storytelling that her Instagram followers have come to know and love, from growing up in Scottsdale, Arizona, and her painful and painfully funny teen years to her life as a working actress, mother, and famous best friend.
Busy is the rare entertainer whose impressive arsenal of talents as an actress is equally matched by her storytelling ability, sense of humor, and sharp observations about life, love, and motherhood. Her conversational writing reminds us what we love about her on screens large and small. From film to television to Instagram, Busy delightfully showcases her wry humor and her willingness to bare it all.
“I’ve been waiting my whole life to write this book. I’m just so grateful someone asked. Otherwise, what was the point of any of it?”
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- Sam
- 2019-05-16
Beautiful and hilarious !
I love the way she speaks. I'm glad I listened to this over reading it. 10/10 would recommend !! Both real and hilarious!
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- Carrie Bailey
- 2020-10-07
Entertaining at best!
Elizabeth Philipps as the narrator is funny and on point. The story of her life, in every aspect is so very entertaining. I often found myself turning the volume down with the curse words and very detailed times of her life. I thoroughly enjoyed this! GREAT job!
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- Anonymous User
- 2020-06-22
Heartfelt and Real
I always like Busy Philipps but after this, I adore her! She makes you laugh, cry, and really think about what being a woman in Hollywood is like!
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- brett
- 2020-06-15
it got me right in the feels
well written and fantastically told. The storyline is incredibly unique yet somehow relatable throughout! worth the listen 100%
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- AnotherLisa
- 2020-05-29
Pleasantly surprised by this book!
I was looking for good celebrity bios, and chose this one based solely off the reviews. It was very entertaining to listen to, I have a new respect for her, and will be seeking her out more (I haven't been up on what she's been doing recently). I will agree with another reviewer who said that there were a few boring parts (going into too much detail over the teenage stuff) but it didn't last long enough to make me want to stop listening. And I don't judge that because I can be the same way lol. Definitely give this one a listen. Her voice work is hilarious, especially when she imitates her mom :)
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- Katherine W.
- 2020-05-22
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this book was an amazing listen. crushed it so fast. busy you really are so relatable and so easy to listen to. thank you for reading your own work. this will 100% be a relisten for me.
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- Rawan Hassunah
- 2020-05-19
So relatable
Busy's story is so relatable for any girl that remembers her teenage years. Her story is real and raw, and I'm so happy she narrated it herself: you can hear the emotions behind every story in her voice. Fantastic read written and narrated by a strong woman.
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- Anonymous User
- 2020-05-19
An Honest look at life and self
This book was so great! Bush’s performance of her own writing really brings it to life and the content of the text is moving, honest, and funny. I would highly recommend. As a woman, I so appreciated her vulnerability and I felt so seen and understood.
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- CeCe
- 2020-05-19
She is REAL!!!
Busy makes a good narrator of her own story. She tells her life iin such a style & with openness that is at times alarming! But the bottom line is that she could be any one of us girls who survived high school. The difference is she doesn't let what happened in her past define who she is or will become in the future! You keep going Busy! I look forward to the next chapter of your life.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2020-05-16
Realness...after the first part
I ended up loving this book but I almost returned it after the first few chapters. Lots of detail about teenage school dances and spending time at the mall had me bored. It gets better though. I wish she had spent more time on adult life rather than early life but overall it was great!
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- Josh Berndt
- 2018-12-18
I Really Tried!
I loved Freaks and Geeks and was very excited to listen to this book. Like many of the reviewers have said, the book was so self indulging that I had a hard time finishing it. I get that a memoir is one's own journey, but it was too Valley Girl for me.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2018-11-05
self indulgent and shallow
I felt like I was a therapist and Busy was in the therapist chair. This book had no depth. The story telling was overly dramatic and self indulgent (she was "devastated" and "heartbroken" throughout the book). When she started complaining about her nanny help, I totally lost any connection I had with the author.
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- Amy Isbell
- 2018-10-18
I wanted to like it so much...
I think Busy is fantastic and I am such a fan. But this book SERIOUSLY didn't do it for me. It seems VERY self-congratulatory. Story told by a privileged girl from the rough streets of some of the more upperclass suburbs of Phoenix and Chicago. She goes on a handful of auditions before making breakout performances. Always throws her knee out of socket (not exactly a life-altering injury to be moaning about in a book at least THREE times.) Everytime life gets a little hard, her mom puts her on a first class flight back to wherever she can escape the hardship. It just didn't speak to me, the "troubles" she experiences really don't seem troublesome. Not exactly a "she gets it" sort of memoir. Again, I really wanted to like it, but it hurt... ALOT.
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- Amy
- 2018-11-16
The self inflated ego is real...
1. Busy loves Busy 2. She’s the greatest thing on earth 3. Attractive men can’t have brains and they’re full of themselves 4. She doesn’t like to be talked down to like she’s stupid but has no issues doing it to others 5. Did I mention she thinks she’s the greatest thing on earth..
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- Tabitha
- 2018-11-10
Exhausting but entertaining
This is a story of a completely self-absorbed and whiny woman. If I had known that going in, I could have lowered expectations and leaned it...this could have been one of those listens where you have other things going on and it would have been great! I was expecting something in the vein of Poheler or Kaling and the depth is just not there. If you have any EQ this will be painful. The only time I felt there was real emotion was when she spoke of her sister coming home to her daughters birth- which was beautiful. Everything else was just surface level; blaming others and a total lack of accountability. It’s fine for what it is...just know what it is.
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- Holly C.
- 2018-10-27
Pretty Good, But Feels Incomplete
I think I'd like Busy in person. She seems like she'd be a breath of fresh air. Which is exactly why I got the book. But the book stopped short. It seems like it's a primer for her "real" book. This book sounds like a journal without resolution. Lots of activity but not a lot of reflection. So I can see why people say it sounds as though she's complaining page after page. Busy's performance was what kept me going. She was entertaining and intriguing. But I think her real book is in Hollywood. I want to know more than her feelings and thoughts about working in a place that dismisses women. I want to know what she is going to do about it. I want to hear ideas and details. I really want to hear her say she's going to take the lead and continue to call people out and hold them accountable. I want to hear her rally cry. That's the book I want to read. Otherwise, it's pointing out a problem, shrugging your shoulders, and being okay with allowing the problem to exist. To be fair, I just completed Trevor Noah's Born a Crime, so the bar was set incredibly high.
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- Ember
- 2018-11-07
This DID hurt a little.....
I made it to section 13 but I couldn't stand her valley girl accent.. Not trying to be mean but that the only way I can explain it..... She is also very entitled its just not my cup of tea.... I wanted to like this... but it was impossible for me...
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- Kristen
- 2018-11-08
Ugh Shut Up! 😣
Don’t ramble on about what a good story teller you are- just tell a good story! Busy seems so over privileged and has no idea what a life struggle actually is. Don’t waste your credit unless you want to listen to an extremely wealthy girl whine about “feeling left out” and telling you how amazing she is. She’s a decent narrator, but it doesn’t redeem the narcissist story.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2018-10-22
Hubris through a victim lens or vice versa
She’s a really good actress so it’s perfectly read / performed which makes it highly listenable. The content isn’t exactly compelling. Most stories center around typical physically or emotionally injury. She clearly views herself as exceptional, in turn presents childhood injuries as exceptional and noteworthy. A charmed life, well told with a hugh lack of perspective. She also definitely never misses an opportunity for a name drop which adds a layer of gross. It’s exactly like her instagram, nothing is quite real, manipulatively self effacing, lacking real passion. She’s like a Kristen Belle, Reese Witherspoon type, flowered dresses on book covers with “do you know who I am” pull overs. I’d like her to delve into the narcissist parts, if you cheat in all your relationship why not dig in to that pattern? Make that a human examination instead of just being like “I know! I’m awful”
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- Anonymous User
- 2018-10-22
A memoir of a brat who "sobs" everywhere she is
This is the most immature 39 year old I've ever heard still speaking as a 16 year old valley girl. She is constantly making bad choices and then running, sitting, laying, and standing on her head sobbing about them and yet never learning from them. An attention seeking brat who doesn't know enough about herself or her life to be writing a memoir about it. She sadly represents a whole generation of people who can neither feel anything real for anyone but themselves and has no clue why their lives are so screwed up as they make mistake after mistake and laugh off even the truly bad things that happened years ago and only bringing it out now because it seems to be the thing to do. As someone who was raped as an 18 year old, I knew exactly that I was being raped, my feelings about it never changed from moment to moment or year to year because I could actually Feel what was happening in my life. I don't know why we praise these people for their "realness" when they don't have a clue about what is real and what isn't. Are we praising her for being "brave" enough to share all the gory details of her life when it's easy to share your life when you can't feel your life and have no real attachment to anything that has ever happened other than it makes a good story. Ugh!
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- Sandra Saldana
- 2019-01-26
So good!!
love busy and love this book! would highly recommend it! very funny, honest and inspiring.
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- Sarah
- 2018-10-28
Wonderful
I just spent almost 8 hours with Busy Philips and I can't believe it's already over. what a wonderful ride, very touching.