This was a great read. My patrons will absolutely adore it. Funny, smart, and kind.

This book was such a delight to read. It felt like chatting with an old friend. Anna was not only open and honest, but inspiring in how she is completely real and embraces her flaws. Although it was heartbreaking to read right after news of her and Chris Pratt's separation, it was beautiful to read about how much they loved each other. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who loves celebrity memoirs, relationship advice and hilarious jokes.

This is a difficult book to review. Anna Faris is well known for her movies, her podcast, and her marriage to Chris Pratt. This book was written prior to the announcement that Faris & Pratt are separating. Since there are many references to Chris and their marriage, much of the narrative is suspect at best and heartbreaking at worst.

Having said that, Faris fills her memoir with amusing personal anecdotes. She doesn't dance around her sexual history or her drug & alcohol use, but rather translates her experiences into advice for young men and women about love and relationships. Interspersed with her personal stories/advice are bits of advice from her followers/listeners. It's very clear why Anna (rhymes with Donna) is so popular and such an endearing celebrity. She's candid about herself, her shortcomings, and her advantages as a celebrity. Her writing is clear and very readable, showcasing her English degree. A year ago I would be praising this book, and it's probably unfair to judge it in light of recent events. Publication is poorly timed. I hope readers will overlook the headlines and read this memoir filled with cautionary tales and logical advice.

I liked Anna before this book, now not so much. I think it is a case of knowing too much about a person. I didn't learn anything from her book and it wasn't really entertaining.

I read this book because from the work I've seen of Anna Faris, she just seems like a cool person and I thought there might be a certain amount of funny, self-deprecating writing going on. Happy to say, there was. What I liked: learning a bit of how she got to her current place in Hollywood, including a breakdown of what the day is like when her show "Mom" is taped; gaining a bit of insight to how a relationship in Hollywood can go, especially between two actors; also, admitting that actors tend to be treated like children, thus leading them to behave like children, and admonishing them to try acting like self-sufficient adults for a change (ha); her thoughts on turning older. Perhaps it's because we're relatively the same age, but I can relate to, and understand when she writes about her priorities changing at a certain age, and the need to focus more on creating a positive atmosphere. I found myself practically nodding my head in agreement. And yes, her career being what it is makes turning 40 a negative experience, but I liked her attitude, which was something to the effect of dealing with insecure feelings by getting ahead of them (i.e. shifting your focus to more positive, constructive areas). On the other hand, in typical fashion, much time is spent on how uncool she once was, more than necessary. Not that I doubt it, high school is a rough period (though I appreciate how she herself acknowledges how annoying it can be for actresses to drone on about what nerds they used to be!) This book also serves as a tribute of sort to her husband. Sweet, a bit much, but she had me at "This is the Chapter That Will Make You Vomit". Ok, yes, you can't help but be charmed by that!

Anna Farris admits many times throughout the book, and even in the title, that she is unqualified to give advice. But in reading it, it seems that she says that sort of ironically because she has experiences in relationships worth writing about, and she happily married. However, in receiving an advanced reader copy of this book, I also got to read it with the knowledge that she and her husband, Chris Pratt (who wrote a humorous yet romantic foreword to this book) are very recently separated. Receiving that knowledge while in the middle of reading this book admittedly changed my opinion of it. However, I did very much enjoy this book. Anna’s writing is humorous and engaging, and learning her back story was enjoyable. The book is about Anna’s life with her family, past relationships, and her son, it’s not only about her marriage to Chris Pratt. So, I was glad to read this book; I’m just ashamed to say I would have enjoyed it much more if I could believe in it as an ignorant reader. Not that her separation, makes any of the thoughts she has about her marriage untrue. It’s just that she and Chris Pratt seemed like, for lack of a better word, a normal couple, but in reality, they’re just another Hollywood couple who have split. In fact, it’s a sad world when separation is the norm, and being in a stable happy relationship makes you special. Actually, I have to admit, the amount of introspection this book has allowed, makes in a great read. I have to wonder if Anna will add an author’s note about the separation, but now I’m not really sure that it’s needed. This book was true for her at the time that she wrote it, so it shouldn’t be changed. That’s just one readers opinion.

Thanks to NetGalley and Dutton Publishing for the ARC!

Having watched Anna Faris (pronounced Ah-na, btw) in her sitcom, Mom, I was super excited to dig into Unqualified. Her realistic take on life is refreshing; she has no problems saying that she embraces some of the Hollywood lifestyle but also sees a lot of it for what it is: fleeting. She loves her husband and son fiercely but can also acknowledge the struggles that these relationships bring: watching your husband work with young actresses just as you feel like Hollywood is starting to see you as “old”; realizing that you can’t just up and do anything you want because you don’t have a babysitter; raising your son when your husband is working in a different country. But you see the strength of their family with how much Anna (remember, Ah-na) admires Chris’s success or with how they came together when facing the complications and fears of having a premature baby. By the end of the book I found myself being a fan of them and hoping that they succeed in every way. Note: basically right after I wrote this, they announced their divorce. So there goes that hope.

Through a variety of funny (and sometimes sad) life examples, Anna encourages people but also acknowledges that she doesn’t have it all figured out. From how to respect yourself in relationships to how to let go of your ego, she gives her take on being a better human and better partner.

The language was simple, a fact which even she acknowledges—this is not some profound literary work. However, it is full of heart and that is more than enough in this case. Side note: I bet the audiobook will be ah-mazing!

Anna really starts off her book right to the point, getting to know her. She's so funny and relatable, I felt like we should be friends. The foreword by Chris Pratt is just adorable. Even with the recent news of their break up, reading their story, I know they'll still have a wonderful relationship through the love of their son,

This book has cemented my love for Anna Faris. Fans of Amy Schumer, Lauren Graham, Amy Poehler, and Tina Fey will devour this biography like they did of those other fantastically funny ladies. Highly Recommend!

Fans of Anna Farris will enjoy this tell-all memoir of her very interesting life. And I do mean tell-all! Through it all her voice is unassuming, frank, and sweet. Wouldn't we all love to be friends with her?

I really like Anna Faris and her husband, Chris Pratt, so this wasn't a hard sell for me but some of it was a bit choppy. The sections where she talks about her little boy and all the struggles she went through with his premature birth made up for it though. Those parts were really beautiful and touching and made me love her and her husband even more. Also, I was interested to learn about her podcast show b/c I wasn't familiar with that before this book.

I didn't go into this book expecting to like it so much, but by the end I was a huge fan. Anna comes across as your best friend, someone completely relatable. I enjoyed how open she was with her struggles in body image, marriage, dating, and work. I do wish there was a bit less about Chris, her husband, but I understand that he's a huge part of her life. I've already recommended this to friends!

Overall, I was not impressed. Her stories were very scatterbrained, which lost my attention multiple times.

I was vaguely familiar with Anna Faris before picking up Unqualified but I didn’t know much about her. I was drawn to Unqualified because I have enjoyed other actor’s memoirs, such as Mindy Kaling’s Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) and Rainn Wilson’s the Bassoon King. Faris’s book is one part memoir and one part relationship advice manual and I really enjoyed it.
I love discovering celebrities are down to earth people. You see them in magazines and think they are so NOT like you and then Anna Faris talks about doing Chris Pratt’s laundry. Anna Faris is a down to earth person. She doesn’t pretend she’s down to earth….she’s genuinely down to earth. She is relatable and she is funny. Her relationship advice is sound and I like that she is able to look at her past and share what she has learned from it. Her style of writing makes it seem like she is talking to you, which probably stems from her experience with podcasting. The whole book felt like we were having a conversation. This makes me think that the Unqualified audio book is going to be fantastic!