Self-Inflicted Wounds: Heartwarming Tales of Epic Humiliation
By Aisha Tyler
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In her book Self-Inflicted Wounds, comedian, actress, and cohost of CBS’s daytime hit show The Talk, Aisha Tyler recounts a series of epic mistakes and hilarious stories of crushing personal humiliation, and the personal insights and authentic wisdom she gathered along the way.
The essays in Self-Inflicted Wounds are refreshingly and sometimes brutally honest, surprising, and laugh-out-loud funny, vividly translating the brand of humor Tyler has cultivated through her successful standup career, as well as the strong voice and unique point of view she expresses on her taste-making comedy podcast Girl on Guy.
Riotous, revealing, and wonderfully relatable, Aisha Tyler’s Self-Inflicted Wounds: Heartwarming Tales of Epic Humiliation is about the power of calamity to shape life, learning, and success.
Aisha Tyler
Aisha Tyler is a comedian, actress, author, television host, podcaster, and recovering nerd (see photo—note the devastatingly fashionable Casio watch). She is cohost of the Emmy-nominated daytime talk show The Talk, the voice of sexy superspy Lana Kane on FX's hit animated series Archer, and host of the all-new Whose Line Is It, Anyway? on the CW. She is also the creator, producer, and host of the award-winning podcast Girl on Guy with Aisha Tyler, consistently ranked one of the top ten comedy podcasts on iTunes. Tyler tours as a standup comedian nationwide, and has contributed to Oprah, Wired, Glamour, and Entertainment Weekly magazines. She lives in Los Angeles, where she reads postapocalyptic fiction and plays video games in her meager spare time.
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Reviews for Self-Inflicted Wounds
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5For the older teen, side splitting stories, of awkward moments, and worse; tempered with sage advice.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This memoir is from an actress and comedian. She writes about funny things that have happened to her, but mostly about her trip from Regular Joe to Professional Comedian.It took me a month to make it through this one, but "it was me, not you". I was expecting funny quips every paragraph instead of a meandering memoir. I was amused, but I kept thinking to myself that I could be reading other books.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hilarious reflections on growing up as a self-declared "blerd" (black nerd). Tyler is funny and fearless. I loved hearing about her childhood adventures and later her time working the stand up circuit. She has a relaxed writing style that makes her book accessible and entertaining.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Loved this. Perfect not just for fans of Aisha Tyler but also if you liked Bossypants or Is Everybody Hanging Out Without Me.
The audiobook version of this just kept me company through many hours of house cleaning. So good. - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Seriously, this book is hilarious. If you don't read it you will turn into a troll and be given a bridge that no billy goats will cross.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A fun book by Aisha Tyler of Archer and Whose Line is it Anyway fame, speaking of the various spectacular failures of her life. Although I am far too much of a coward to fling myself at life the way Tyler does, it is refreshing to read about it from her point of view. The failures have been spectacular and many, but they are entertaining as hell to read about. A good, fun, romp.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I really like Aisha Tyler. I think she is funny, gorgeous, and ballsy. However, this book was just so so. I was expecting much funnier. While there were a couple smiles, not so much else. Basically stories of times she has failed. Breaking a toe while alone in a hotel room, bombing on her first comedy set, getting caught sneaking out...Just ok.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Aisha Tyler is a standup comedienne, co-host of TV's The Talk, voices a character on FX's Archer, hosts Whose Line Is It Anyway and has a hugely popular podcast Girl on Guy. (She is a bit of an overachiever.) One of the features of her podcast is asking guests to recount a self-inflicted wound, something incredibly stupid that they have done in their lives. She turns the table on herself in this book, recounting her own self-inflicted wounds in humorous and touching essays. I have seen Tyler at her various jobs, and always thought she was funny, but I never realized how smart she was. She is a terrific writer, and her misadventures on the way through life had me laughing out loud. She says that she wants "this book to inspire you to be yourself. I hope this book will encourage you to follow your dreams." It does do that. If this too tall, intelligent, nerdy girl with a smart mouth can succeed in a business where women are not often welcomed, you may have a shot at success in life too.She opens each chapter with a quote from someone smart, such as "The wound is the place where the light enters you"-Rumi, then one from her- "This thing is gonna need ointment", which opens the chapter "The Time I Cut Myself in Half", about the time when, as a child, she rode on a rusty, broken rocking horse she found in an alley and fell off, cutting her stomach wide open.You'll laugh and feel empathy for Tyler, and even recall your own self-inflicted wounds and realize they weren't that bad after all, and just maybe they help to make you the person you became. (A note to anyone who goes to lunch with Tyler- she has been known to throw up on people. Consider yourself warned.)
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Aisha Tyler's Self-Inflicted Wounds: Heartwarming Tales of Epic Humiliation is just that: humiliating and very reckless stories from Tyler's childhood of epic failure. The universal moral of these stories is that you pick yourself up by the bootstraps and reorganize yourself and try again.
I liked the different morals of each tale but didn't like the stories themselves. They weren't funny and Tyler has quite the potty mouth. The thing about Aisha Tyler is that I enjoy her acting, her role in Ghost Whisperer was the best, but I was never one for her comedy. I thought she fell flat. That's how felt about this book. It just falls flat. - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5funny stories about her life. I really enjoyed her thoughts, and it made me laugh out loud (for real) to listen to her humiliating stories. Thanks for sharing!
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5autobiographical essays/memoir (comedian/comic actress)
well-told stories filled with self-deprecating humor and a healthy dose of wit. More inspirational than laugh-out-loud funny, but a fun, positive read that should make you feel better about yourself, because as bad as your last presentation went, at least you hadn't accidentally spit into someone else's face (and even if you did, you survived and can move on).