If you’re a fan of sarcastic, straight to the point, downright hysterical writing, you’re a fan of Chelsea Handler. Her most recent book, “Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang,” has once again climbed to the top of the New York Times Best-Seller list and is currently #2. You wouldn’t think a person who refers to midgets as “nuggets” would ever be a #1 author, but somehow Handler is able to capture an audience with a frantic compilation of profanity, erotic imaging, and racial slurs.
If you are easily offended, proceed with caution. Handler is not afraid to blatantly insult an entire racial or ethnic group-or state. She makes many references to how stupid people from New Jersey can be (her home state).
Personally, I think the offensiveness makes Chelsea more interesting. She isn’t afraid to offend anyone, and she has always admitted to that.
The book itself is a compilation of random stories that make up the twisted life of Chelsea Handler. They vary from stories about her childhood begging for a cabbage patch doll to doing mushrooms to faking a dog funeral to humiliate her boyfriend on national TV. You won’t be disappointed with the amount of entertainment this book will give. It’s a quick, mindless read that will leave you laughing for hours.
This is Handler’s third best-seller. Her past two books, “My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands” and “Are You There Vodka? It’s Me, Chelsea,” have proven to be hysterical, laugh-so-hard-you-cry reads. She currently has her own late night show on E!, “Chelsea Lately,” which is basically her and several other comedians commenting on recent celebrity mishaps. Although she comes across as arrogant, rude, racist, and close-minded, Chelsea Handler is actually incredibly intelligent and is able to turn words like “coslopus” into literary genius.