Audiobook Review: Superficial: More Adventures from the Andy Cohen Diaries by Andy Cohen

Superficial: More Adventures from The Andy Cohen Diaries by Andy Cohen
Publisher: Macmillan Audio
Release Date: November 15, 2016
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Publisher’s Description:

The star-studded and sidesplitting follow up to The Andy Cohen Diaries.

The megapopular host of Watch What Happens: Live and executive producer of the Real Housewives franchise is back, better than ever, and telling stories that will keep his publicist up at night.

Since the publication of his last book, Andy has toured the country with his sidekick, Anderson Cooper; hit the radio waves with his own Sirius station, Radio Andy; appeared on Real Time with Bill Maher despite his mother’s conviction he was not intellectually prepared; hosted NBC’s primetime New Year’s Eve special; guest edited Entertainment Weekly; starred in Bravo’s Then & Now with Andy Cohen; offended celebrities with his ongoing case of foot-in-mouth disease; and welcomed home Teresa “Namaste” Giudice from a brief stint in jail.

Hopping from the Hamptons to the Manhattan dating world, the dog park to the red carpet, Cardinals superfan and mama’s boy Andy Cohen, with Wacha in tow, is the kind of star fans are dying to be friends with. This book gives them that chance.

If The Andy Cohen Diaries was deemed “the literary equivalent of a Fresca and tequila” by Jimmy Fallon, Superficial is a double: dishier, juicier, and friskier. In this account of his escapades – personal, professional, and behind-the-scenes – Andy tells us not only what goes down but exactly what he thinks of it.

Superficial picks up right where The Andy Cohen Diaries left off. It’s not much different. My review of it found here will tell you what that book was like.

There are two main differences. One, Superficial is much more about his relationship with his dog Wacha since Wacha is in it from the beginning. The second is that Andy is more introspective. He wants more from his life. Keeping a diary has shown Andy how repetitive his life has become. Yes, he spends most of his free time socializing with his friends and other celebrities but they are doing the same thing night after night. Readers will probably notice this even before Andy does.

The book ends before Andy started his journey to have his son Benjamin via surrogate. Although he doesn’t specifically talk about the process of deciding to have a child, the fact that he will is foreshadowed. I would love it if he wrote a third volume of his diaries that did go into his process of becoming a father. Maybe he’ll come out with another book in the future about his life with Benjamin.

If you enjoyed The Andy Cohen Diaries, you will enjoy Superficial for all the same reasons. You’ll probably like it more since it delves a bit deeper. I listened to this book right after I listened to The Andy Cohen Diaries and got quite used to having Andy in the car with me. I’m going to miss him!

Also by Andy Cohen: Most Talkative: Stories from the Front Lines of Pop Culture