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Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang |  | Author: Chelsea Handler
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Category: Book
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Rating:  159 reviews
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Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Ed
Pages: 256
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Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.7 x 1
ISBN: 0446552445
Dewey Decimal Number: 814.6
EAN: 9780446552448
ASIN: 0446552445
Publication Date: March 9, 2010
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 159
 Least favorite Chelsea Handler book. April 23, 2010
Sara Wentworth
56 out of 59 found this review helpful
I was very disappointed in the newest book by Chelsea Handler. I read "Are you there Vodka? It's me, Chelsea" and could not stop recommending it to anyone I knew enjoyed a laugh. Funniest book ever. "My Horizontal Life" was pretty funny as well, but this book made me cringe. The first chapter made me nauseated. The rest of the book consisted of emails between the writer and her siblings that weren't even amusing, just plain boring. The few stories that were thrown in had little humor, or point. It seemed she wrote it in a hurry, and didn't bother to check if her stories were up to par. Even the editor seemed lax--I found multiple errors throughout the book. It is a Chelsea Handler book, so that earned two stars right there, and there were a few moments that made me almost chuckle, earning another star. On the whole it was a very lazy attempt to get money out of existing fans. Mission accomplished, by 18 dollars is gone.
 Chelsea's best book! March 11, 2010
L. Clements
40 out of 48 found this review helpful
Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang is Chelsea Handler's best book to date. And, if it is indeed her last book, then she's going out with a...bang bang. The best part of the book is that you feel like you are being let in on the joke and can feel good about yourself because she's not making fun of what an idiot YOU are - it's just everyone else, from fat-titted fathers to live-in boyfriends. Fans of Chelsea Lately will particularly like Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang, as it's sort of a behind-the-scenes/candid version of the show with the appearance of familiar characters (Brad Wollack isn't nearly as annoying in print!). It did make me want to lay in bed and eat cheeseburger Lean Pockets while watching Sex & the City... so if you're prone to that sort of lunacy, beware. But damn it if I don't love that hot mess of a woman even more than I already did. Good job, girl.
 Not the old Chelsea, but a similarly funny one March 19, 2010
Julie L., Mollica
18 out of 21 found this review helpful
Chelsea Handler's new book contains all the usual fare: public nakedness, bodily functions, and obsession with the physically less fortunate. The only difference in this third installment of Chelsea's life is her clear ascent to Hollywood stardom and permanent wealth. Most of the time she keeps the pretentiousness to a minimum and makes fun of those who do not.
Like many celebrities, Chelsea sometimes appears to have lost touch with the common man when she refers to her father as not having money despite owning a $700,000 house and a house on Martha's Vineyard. Then there is a tale of her CEO boyfriend embarrassingly landing his helicopter in the midst of someone's wedding ceremony. If only the rest of us had such problems! However, these transgressions comprise only a small part of the book, the rest of which is full of typical Chelseaisms: respecting her dog for refusing to defecate in front of her, detailing intoxicated behavior of herself and close associates, and introducing/reacquainting us with bizarre family members.
Particularly interesting highlights of this book include the introduction of her two brothers, the fake death of a dog and even more embarrassing details of her father's whore-addled bachelorhood. Her CEO boyfriend (and head of the network who owns her tv show) fiqures heavily in none too flattering terms. It's not surprising that their breakup occurred fairly close to the book's release.
Handler fans will love this odd mix of the lewd, witty, and strange. Those who are only familiar with Handler from her E! tv show will be pleasantly surprised by the lack of celebrity references and Chelsea's significant story telling abilities
 Kills Brain Cells April 7, 2010
Tim Challies (Oakville, Ontario)
56 out of 72 found this review helpful
The first chapter of this book is ugly-not as much graphic as just plain inappropriate, like when you try to tell a joke and it just goes bad. You realize that what you thought was funny, was actually not funny at all. After that opening chapter the book is far more childish and just plain stupid than lascivious as she looks at life and love and daughterhood and dog ownership. Chelsea Handler, whom I had known only from seeing her name on book covers, is clearly desperately immature and willing to do just about anything to gain attention. Her sense of humor, such that it is, is puerile, akin to the kind of nonsense that was so popular on that show Jackass. She likes to mock people through pranks, she likes to laugh about farting, she likes to torment and mock and belittle. It's terribly unsophisticated and, frankly, immediately tiresome. She makes herself so obnoxious that there is very little she could do, I think, to make herself or what she says in any way desirable or lascivious.
Of all the books I've read this year, and I've read plenty, this one is easily the worst. Frankly, I can't think of a single reason I would ever, under any circumstances, recommend it. I can't even understand why anyone, anywhere would buy it. It's not sexual enough to titillate, it's not clever enough to amuse, it's not sophisticated enough to cause reflection. It's an utter waste of time, money, effort and atoms. It is very clearly a cash grab, Handler's attempt to make a few more bucks before her 15 minutes of fame comes screeching to a halt. And I say that this can't happen soon enough.
If you look at the pictures of Handler on the book cover and compare to, say, images of her being interviewed, you'll see that the cover photos are so heavily airbrushed that Handler is very nearly unrecognizable. You can see just the barest hint of her through all the Photoshopping. And it strikes me that this offers a parallel to the book itself. Here Handler gives a very one-dimensional and obviously fake version of herself. It's as fake as her skin in that cover shot. She has constructed a fabricated version of herself that, for one reason or another, seems to appeal to readers. Perhaps her last two books, both of which sold very well, were clever or original or offered something (anything!) to commend them. Not so with Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang. Books don't get a whole lot worse than this one. They just plain can't.
One word: HYSTERICAL! March 21, 2010
Katie Olson (Seattle)
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
Yes, while it has been said that she can go on and on for an entire chapter about seemingly nothing.... it's absolutely, totally HYSTERICAL! I found myself laughing out loud so many times that it prompted my husband to read several of the chapters. If you watch her show, you can hear her voice in your head, which makes it all more funny. Overall, a great, easy, fun read.
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