Awesome story. Can’t wait to read more from this author!!!

Hilarious yet thoughtful, which makes you think twice before you ask someone 'where are you from'? Beyond the humorous layer, that is a very serious questionning of the ways in which we are accepting - sometimes too fast - stereotypes and sexist identifications. Worth a read, it can change your mind a bit more!

Parts of this were funny, witty and charming. Overall though she comes off as arrogant and pompous and someone who is trying to be funny but really isn't.

There wasn't a whole lot here that resonated with me, probably because I'm not going to have a lot of similarities with someone who sees a pubic hair peaking out of a bathing suit crotch and freaks out. Or who expects her friends to pull the emergency-stop lever on a train after she misses it. But, at the same time, there's something to be admired about a woman who acts, to take Mindy Kaling's words, "with the entitlement of a tall, blond, white man." Something. But then many tall, blond, white men act like jerks. The vignettes Khona recounts in her book also make her look like a jerk. So success? Yay?

It's a sort of fluff-feminism, like a collection of Cosmo articles, which is fine. Nothing wrong with fluff-feminism, and, as Khona points out a handful of times, nothing wrong with being a feminist and also enjoying fashion, makeup, etc. But this book is just potato chips: you aren't going to feel that full afterwards, even if you get a grin or two from it.

Are You There Krishna? It's Me, Reshma. Or Rachel. Or Whatever. by Rachel Khona went on sale February 1, 2017.

I received a copy free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

In this honest and funny memoir, author Rachel Khona writes about her search for her cultural identity and shares her observations on today's society at large.

Khona's essays are insightful and candid, her sense of humor bringing levity to topics such as race, culture, sex, and feminism. Perceptive and opinionated, her fierce and independent spirit is refreshing and inspiring. Her narrative style of writing draws the reader in as if it was an engaging conversation with a friend. Highly recommend.