Did she really just say that? Yeah, she did. That’s the kind of woman Wanda Sykes is. What did she say, you might ask? Just about anything you can imagine…and some stuff you can’t believe.

Wanda Sykes is so completely off the chain in an uproariously provocative way. And while her language might be a bit blue at times, she’s always funny, always thoughtful, and always honest. I think that’s what helps her not only stay in the stand-up game, but stay relatively at the top. Not an easy feat if you think about it, especially considering how far stand-up comedy has fallen from its halcyon days of popularity in the mid-90s.

True to form for a lot of books written by stand-up comics, Yeah, I Said It contains a lot of things that later found their way into some of Sykes’s routines, especially her HBO special, Sick and Tired. But the familiar sections are scattered throughout and significantly built upon, so even if you think you know where she’s heading, she’ll usually take you that little bit farther…or in a completely new direction that’s just as enjoyable as the road you thought you were heading down.

Final score: 3.5/5. This was perfect beach material: Quick, funny, not too deep, but still will get you thinking.