While overall I did enjoy this book, I have to say that there was a decent amount of it that didn't age well. It's almost twenty years old at this point, and I was definitely keeping that in mind while reading it, but there were a couple of parts that really made me cringe. (Not to mention the whole concept of the book--"ordinary" is clearly positioned as a middle class white American's experience, which isn't great for obvious reasons.)

That said, I did like this book. It felt very nice and lovely and reminded me of Jenny Slate's Little Weirds. I appreciated this look into her life, and I'm glad I finally read it.