We Thought You Would Be Prettier: True Tales of the Dorkiest Girl Alive

In this collection of humorous (and often downright hysterical) autobiographical essays, Notaro recounts episodes from her life with blunt honesty and hilarious commentary. It's hard to pick a favorite, but I did get a real kick out of her correlation between her diets and the reappearance of popcorn chicken at KFC. I laughed out loud many many times at this book, and now I'm going to be poor because I need to go out and find the rest of her books. If you like David Sedaris, you'll probably like Laurie Notaro. Very funny.

I want Laurie Notaro to be my friend. I love her books -- they're honest and hilarious. And unlike some other essayists out there (yes, A. Burroughs, I'm talking about you), I never feel like I want to commit suicide after reading one of her books. I feel better about myself...partly because she's so hilarious about her recollections, partly because she survives everything (maybe not with a lot of grace, but she survives) and how can you not feel better when you've been through THE EXACT SAME THING?

I would recommend this book to anyone who needs a pickmeup...going through a breakup, hating your job, in the hospital, etc. It's impossible to not laugh at her. With her. At her.

I love Laurie Notaro and all her imperfections. She makes me feel that girls like us (chubby, smartmouth, sassy, no filter) are the norm. She is offensive (often unintentionally), untidy, and hilarious.

Laugh out loud funny. I read passages out loud to my husband and I couldn't get through it for laughing so hard. Some of the stories were just okay, but they can't all be "shoot coke out your nose" hilarious. I had such a great time with this book that I need to find more by Notaro. I've passed this on to several people - I only do that with books I really love.

This dorky girl was cackling so much in the waiting room of the dentist's office this morning, that I got everyone else laughing too and wondering what I was reading. I agree with an earlier review, some stories are funnier than others, but when a story strikes a cord with you, a big belly laugh will result.

Laurie Notaro is incredibly funny. Her book We Thought You Would Be Prettier was such fun to read. It was like a breath of fresh air after some of the longer and more serious titles that I've read. It is set up as short essays on topics and as such I could read a couple when I felt like a chuckle or two. Definitely a book that most women will enjoy and relate to. My favorite was her tale about shopping in a bargain/closeout store. The title of that story was That's Not Pudding, and it was a description of a stain seen on a discounted comforter when the clerk removed it from the package to try to find the price. I laughed so hard that I had tears running down my face.

This is a book of "essays" where there author is recounting some of the humourous moments in her life, starting with her panic when she lost her passport/money/id/everything in New York City on the first stop of her book tour to the painting class where she had to paint someone in the nude. And all kinds of stuff in between - shopping with her best friend, all kinds of family stuff, and more.

This is the first book I've read by Notaro and I will be reading more! She is funny! I was often laughing out loud, luckily mostly at home, rather than on public transit. It was a fast, fun read.