Suck It, Wonder Woman!: The Misadventures of a Hollywood Geek [Hardcover]

Olivia Munn (Author), mac montandon (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 6, 2010

In this hilarious collection you'll find essays like “thought’s About My First Agent’s Girlfriend’s Vagina,” wherein Olivia skewers what it’s like to live in Hollywood. In “Sex: What You Can Do to Help Yourself Have More of It,” she frankly gets down to the business of getting it on, including advice on how to appropriately wrap it and bag it. In “What to Do When the Robots Invade (Yes, When!),” Olivia offers valuable information on . . .  what to do when the robots invade! And just when you thought she couldn’t get any more geeky, she can. This book also includes such handy treasures as a timeline of great moments in Geek history, a flip book, an unofficial FAQ section, and a nifty (read: smokin') foldout poster.

Suck It, Wonder Woman! brings Olivia Munn’s unique humor, incredible wit, and lightning-fast costume changes to a world that needs more scrapbooking, sea monkeys, and for the love of God, a freakin' hoverboard!

Editorial Reviews

Review

“Turn to page 92 now!”

- Garry Shandling

“A book only Olivia Munn could write. Better read it now; everyone’ll be talking about it tomorrow.”

- Stan Lee

"This book so good. You buy now. Okay, bye."

- Olivia’s mom

"If Citizen Kane were a book, this would be it."

- Jon Favreau

“She’s part Asian! And I like sushi.”

-Masi Oka

"This book confirms why Olivia has garnered a massive supportive following--she's fearless, honest, relatable, and truly funny."

-Elijah Wood

 

About the Author

Olivia Munn is an actress and comedian. She is the star of NBC's sitcom Perfect Couples (created by the hit-makers of 30 Rock, Friends and Seinfeld) and a correspondent on Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Rolling Stone named Olivia one of the "Best Characters on TV" in 2010, saying she's "sarcastic and fearless ... with razor-sharp self-awareness." GQ named her one of the "113 Funniest in America." Vanity Fair said, "It was damn near impossible not to be charmed by her... instantly likable.” She was anointed the "Queen of Comic-Con." The Washington Post has said that Olivia "cultivated this... with dry wit and a wink...swift and sharp with her improvised lines... Olivia was never at a loss for her place -- or for a one-liner." The New York Times, LA Times, Wall Street Journal, New York Magazine and USA Today have all shown their support of her sardonic humor. Known for going above and beyond to show her appreciation to fans, who she calls “more like friends than fans," Olivia says, "They've given me this amazing opportunity and life and I am beyond grateful." Raised between Oklahoma and Tokyo, Japan, she now resides in LA. 

See all Editorial Reviews

Product Details

• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press (July 6, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312591055
• ISBN-13: 978-0312591052
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.6 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (59 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #279,304 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Olivia Munn is an actress and also the television host of the popular G4 program "Attack of the Show." Known for her quick wit, impeccable timing, and self-effacing approach to comedy, she is the face of the G4 network and a hit with audiences everywhere. Entertainment Weekly put Olivia on their "2009 Must list," The New York Times and USA Today have shown their support of her sardonic personality, and Rolling Stone listed her as one of the four reasons they loved G4. Olivia has graced the cover of numerous magazines and is regularly seen on all of the major blogs. Her candor and loyalty to her fans established a following so fierce she's been anointed "Geek Goddess," "Queen of Comic Con," and "Leader of the Nerds." Raised between Oklahoma and Tokyo, Japan, Olivia now resides in LA.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

119 of 134 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars The Olivia this book reveals is not very likeable, October 16, 2010

By 

Jc Holman III "jay08641" (Trenton NJ) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Suck It, Wonder Woman!: The Misadventures of a Hollywood Geek (Hardcover)

I have always enjoyed G4's "Attack of the Show", and the extremely beautiful Olivia Munn has always been a big reason. I bought this book hoping it would be a collection of humorous essays in the vein of Sarah Silverman or Chelsea Handler. What a disappointment. I won't go to great lengths comparing the three women; I'll just say those two women are comics, and Olivia Munn is not. Olivia is primarily known for wearing sexy costumes and claiming to be a hot female geek.

Olivia goes to great lengths to make us feel sorry for her exclusion for different cliques starting in kindergarten. She comes off as completely self centered and unaware that this is a normal part of childhood. She also needs someone to tell her that nobody feels sorry for the ugly duckling once it has become a well paid, famous, frequently lusted after swan. Not exactly the tear jerker she seemed to think it would be. Revealing that she was a cheerleader and model during her school years also takes a lot of the sting out of her self pity.

Another annoying habit Olivia gives in to is revealing the ugliest traits of the nameless high powered Hollywood directors and producers she tried to court favors from in her early career. It astonishes me when a girl who jumps into giant pies in a French maid uniform for a very comfortable living whines about being pursued by the very men she has gone to great lengths to meet in hopes of having them forward her career. It's the natural order of things for her to take things from them, but offensive if they try to take things from her.

Perhaps the ugliest scene in this book is Olivia's tale of being a snot to her grandmother on the day of the lady's unexpected death, and her revelation that the family had to pull the plug on grandma because of Olivia's refusal (in her mid-teens no less) to perform CPR when the woman's brain was starved for oxygen. In Olivia's view this is a sad story about how grandma's death caused OLIVIA guilt.

Olivia seems (like a lot of young women) to think she's one of the guys because she likes video games and attends comicon. She's not. She is the stereotypical egotistical self centered princess that she complains about throughout the entire book. Her description of a drunken lesbian kiss outlines what you could see in any college dorm party anywhere in the US. Big deal, right? Olivia's view of run of the mill youthful experiment? In her view that story alone is worth the price of the book. It ain't.

But all that amounts to wanting to know more about Olivia and her book delivering that (even though it turns out she is not the cool, easy going chick she portrays on G4). In that way the book delivers. This book is not worth the money because it is not funny. I mean, seriously not funny. Nearly every chapter ends with an attempt at a one liner based on a call-back to something that was completely unfunny earlier in the chapter. They all fall flat... miserably flat in the way that makes you uncomfortable knowing this person probably thinks she's funny.

She's not.

57 of 70 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Hmm... it feels forced., July 8, 2010

By 

Eric E. Dolecki "Senior Interactive Technologist" (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Suck It, Wonder Woman!: The Misadventures of a Hollywood Geek (Hardcover)

I wasn't expecting something that was outstanding in how it cleverly used the English language. I was expecting pretty interesting stories about her life, geekdom, and behind-the-scenes stories from her travels on the web, television and film. I think we get a tiny bit of that, but it's written so conversationally and with so many expletives that it turns out feeling coarse, thrown together, and not as interesting as it could have been. I've been a fan of Ms. Lovely for many years... I loved AOTS and she made it so much better. Yes, as a sex symbol, but also as a geek with a great sense of humor. None of that really seems to have come through in this book. It feels forced here... on television or video, it feels natural.

In short, if you're a fan you'll get something out of it. Not a whole lot. If you're not a fan, you're going to be turned off by it. I really wish it was better. I got a digital copy, so I paid less. I'm glad I did that, sorry Olivia :/

22 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars For The Fans, July 12, 2010

By 

Kenny Shelton "Kenneth James" - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Suck It, Wonder Woman!: The Misadventures of a Hollywood Geek (Hardcover)

The book is a can't-put-down, must read for Olivia Munn fans. If you're not a fan of Olivia, or don't know who she is, or even if you don't really know about the "World" she writes about- you're probably not going to enjoy this quite as much as the fan-boy/fan-girl. That's not to say it's a bad thing. She makes it very clear that that is what her book is all about.

Munn talks a lot about being the new kid in school, her upbringing, and some early Hollywood missteps. The book (Like Olivia) is all over the place a times and not very focused. The Hollywood stories and her family upbringing are the most illuminating- while sections like "The Ten Major Points of Olivia Munn's 2024 Presidential Campaign Platform" and "Princess Leia Tweets" feel like page fillers.

Chapter 18 "My Worst Day Ever" is clearly this best of the book, but is defused by having 4 pages of color photos breaking up the narrative. Whose ever decision that was should kick themselves in the shins.

"Suck It..." is not a book I would probably recommend to my next door neighboor, but it's a nice read for those of you who were going to get the book anyway.