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Tip It!: The World According To Maggie (2010)

by Maggie Griffin(Favorite Author)

3.43 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1401324045 (ISBN13: 9781401324049)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Hyperion

review 1: Maggie is Kathy Griffin's mom... What I was hoping for was a coherent and funny narrative about being raised by Irish immigrants, one of a billion kids, marrying a man she respected, and then having a daughter whose job is making fun of her family and celebrities. There's so little of that; none of it is told with arc or force; the book skips around from one dull subject to another. There's the time Maggie accidentally went to a gay bar (it's a boring tale). There's Maggie's love of muumuus, there's a story about her local supermarket, there's a dry monologue about her search for an Irish pub in LA... Zzzz. Worse, knowing it wasn't very funny, Kathy makes copious, insulting, interruptive quips in between (also unfunny...in fact, they're rude and annoying). I enjoy Ma... moreggie and Kathy enough on their show, and I've been known to laugh. Not here. They lost the chance to tell what seems on the surface like a compelling story.
review 2: I had read Kathy Griffin's book and enjoyed it and she and her mom were coming to town to sign books and you couldn't be in line without a book and Cus was going with me so I bought Maggie's book so we could both be in line and see them up close. The book is actually interesting and good, probably because it reminds me of my mother's stories of growing up in those times and having some similar likes and dislikes. She's pretty wise and cute and it's a sweet book. Easy, quick read. Kathy's asides in the book can be distracting sometimes as they jar you from Maggie's softer style. I love Kathy Griffin and her show and this book is for fans of Kathy's show that know Maggie so I think Kathy could have left her words out of it and let Maggie speak in her voice alone as it is strong enough to stand on its own. less

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