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4.08 AVERAGE
4.08 AVERAGE
(TW: eating disorders, drugs)
Enjoyable and honest, but I have mixed feelings about the amount of focus the book had on being on diet pills for years and doing meth at age 13. I liked the openness, but there was little on the downsides and a lot about being skinny and wanted, having the ideal body of the time and living the party life, so I worry about how much that focus will affected the younger MFM podcast fans. I could see this book being (unintentionally) hugely triggering.
Recommend listening to the audiobook, the tone of a lot of it doesn't fall right in print. Most fond of the 'Fuck Politeness', Latchkey Kids and Alzheimers chapters, wasn't a fan of the chapters about privileged LA party-girl living.
Enjoyable and honest, but I have mixed feelings about the amount of focus the book had on being on diet pills for years and doing meth at age 13. I liked the openness, but there was little on the downsides and a lot about being skinny and wanted, having the ideal body of the time and living the party life, so I worry about how much that focus will affected the younger MFM podcast fans. I could see this book being (unintentionally) hugely triggering.
Recommend listening to the audiobook, the tone of a lot of it doesn't fall right in print. Most fond of the 'Fuck Politeness', Latchkey Kids and Alzheimers chapters, wasn't a fan of the chapters about privileged LA party-girl living.
Great book and fantastic writing that makes you laugh. Trigger warning
informative
reflective
fast-paced
The latchkey kid chapter was SPOT ON, GOLDEN, and had me basically scream-laughing.
My first reaction was "This is another shitty memoir written by some 'popular' blogger who has dipped into narcissism and thinks she has "advice" for the rest of us (or s/he assumes we want to hear every last word about her life and childhood).
After a thoughtful pause, I thought maybe I'm just not the intended reader, as I had no clue who these people were or had ever heard of their podcast... Perhaps if I had already known and liked them I would want to hear their life story. For example, I met a new friend a couple of weeks ago (Stephany). I'm jonesing to learn more about her/get to know her better, and I would welcome any story she wanted to shared with me VS. you've never met Stephany so if she showed up at your house talking about her childhood and parents you'd probably yawn and tell her to get off your porch...
BUT THEN I thought about all the memoirs I've read about people I didn't know prior and how they were still outstanding, which brought me back to: this is just a shitty memoir/biography.
For me a 'good' memoir/biography is one where the person goes deep and says "this is the situation I was in, this is what I did, and here's how it worked out for me." aka when the author focuses on themselves rather than presume to know what's best for me or anyone else and give unsolicited advice. IF NOTHING ELSE, all I ask is that everything shared is tied around a central theme or purpose other than "I'm so glad there are fans because my life was just like yours before I had them!"
The authors DID say they were facts obsessed so if anything was wrong to please let them know... first chapter there is a comment "that's the price to pay in LA with 365 days of sunshine" LA gets 284 sunny days on average (a local beer company named a beer after this date so LA doesn't forget) but c'mon any reasonable person knows there is no place that has sun 365 days a year and YES I get she was "just making a point" but if you're super into facts... bleh
I felt stuck in a corner at a cocktail party with THAT person who won't stop talking about themselves and wasn't really going anywhere with it.... and every time I tried to excuse myself they grabbed my arm and said "just one more thing"
I skipped around in case the first few chapters were just a bummer but none of them really did anything for me and I found myself preferring to listen to the wind as I was driving. If you liked [b:Girl, Wash Your Face: Stop Believing the Lies about Who You Are So You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be|35542451|Girl, Wash Your Face Stop Believing the Lies about Who You Are So You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be|Rachel Hollis|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1513038393s/35542451.jpg|56965748] you might like this one? (Dunno I def. didn't read that one)
After a thoughtful pause, I thought maybe I'm just not the intended reader, as I had no clue who these people were or had ever heard of their podcast... Perhaps if I had already known and liked them I would want to hear their life story. For example, I met a new friend a couple of weeks ago (Stephany). I'm jonesing to learn more about her/get to know her better, and I would welcome any story she wanted to shared with me VS. you've never met Stephany so if she showed up at your house talking about her childhood and parents you'd probably yawn and tell her to get off your porch...
BUT THEN I thought about all the memoirs I've read about people I didn't know prior and how they were still outstanding, which brought me back to: this is just a shitty memoir/biography.
For me a 'good' memoir/biography is one where the person goes deep and says "this is the situation I was in, this is what I did, and here's how it worked out for me." aka when the author focuses on themselves rather than presume to know what's best for me or anyone else and give unsolicited advice. IF NOTHING ELSE, all I ask is that everything shared is tied around a central theme or purpose other than "I'm so glad there are fans because my life was just like yours before I had them!"
The authors DID say they were facts obsessed so if anything was wrong to please let them know... first chapter there is a comment "that's the price to pay in LA with 365 days of sunshine" LA gets 284 sunny days on average (a local beer company named a beer after this date so LA doesn't forget) but c'mon any reasonable person knows there is no place that has sun 365 days a year and YES I get she was "just making a point" but if you're super into facts... bleh
I felt stuck in a corner at a cocktail party with THAT person who won't stop talking about themselves and wasn't really going anywhere with it.... and every time I tried to excuse myself they grabbed my arm and said "just one more thing"
I skipped around in case the first few chapters were just a bummer but none of them really did anything for me and I found myself preferring to listen to the wind as I was driving. If you liked [b:Girl, Wash Your Face: Stop Believing the Lies about Who You Are So You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be|35542451|Girl, Wash Your Face Stop Believing the Lies about Who You Are So You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be|Rachel Hollis|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1513038393s/35542451.jpg|56965748] you might like this one? (Dunno I def. didn't read that one)
I LOVE the "My Favorite Murder" podcast so of course I really enjoyed this book. I wouldn't recommend it though unless it was to a person who:
1. Will listen to the audio version. I cannot imagine this working in print form. It is all about the delivery.
2. Is familiar with the podcast and these two personalities. And if if that person DOES love the podcast, they need to know that this book is NOT an extension of that. This is a collection of personal (interesting, funny and sometimes WTF) essays about the authors' lives.
There is something about these two women that I love. Particularly Karen. And when her first chapter was an emotional - yet still funny - tale of her mother and how Alzheimer's snatched her away... I love her even more.
1. Will listen to the audio version. I cannot imagine this working in print form. It is all about the delivery.
2. Is familiar with the podcast and these two personalities. And if if that person DOES love the podcast, they need to know that this book is NOT an extension of that. This is a collection of personal (interesting, funny and sometimes WTF) essays about the authors' lives.
There is something about these two women that I love. Particularly Karen. And when her first chapter was an emotional - yet still funny - tale of her mother and how Alzheimer's snatched her away... I love her even more.
I listened to the audiobook of this. I would describe it as 'meh'. There were times I laughed but mostly I found that I couldn't connect with the authors. I also find Georgia's voice annoying; it made her chapters hard to listen to.
I thought this would be a true crime comedy. It's not, it's a self help comedy. It was great, but not what I was expecting. They're very vulnerable, candid, and articulate.