Structure

The structure of this memoir is that of a collection of self-contained essays bound together under one cover. The essays are non-chronological, but segmented by topic instead. For example, most of Haddish's former boyfriends are lumped together into one chapter, while family and foster care live in a separate chapter. For about the first half of the book, it is easy to understand the timeline of events even though it is not explicitly stated. By the second half, the timeline is a little more complicated to follow, as it seems like many chapters, though divided, cover the same, relatively short time period.

Perspective

While everything in the book is written from Haddish's perspective, her writing style is unique in that her dialogue is always laid out like a script, with each character getting their own line. She attempts to recall conversations form her past verbatim, which in...