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This Much is True by Miriam Margolyes

17 reviews

esv_'s review

adventurous emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Death of parent, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, and Body shaming

becausebrenna's review against another edition

funny reflective medium-paced

3.0

Miriam fascinates me. I enjoyed her perspectives on growing up in Oxford, breaking in to acting, and anti-Zionism, but I was equally concerned? by her royalist views, ongoing lack of body positivity (or even body neutrality!) and offhand disregard for a number of encounters that could be construed as sexual assault.  

The audiobook was enjoyable, as Miriam says she has a history of doing audio dramas and narration, so I was able to listen at 1.7 speed and still understand everything. 

However book is quite long, and I think may have been improved with some editing. I do understand that the book covers over 80 years, but some of the tales of acting just turned into Mad Libs, swapping out the project and famous coworkers/friends, and lacked real depth or specifics. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Fatphobia and Sexual assault

Minor: Antisemitism and Death of parent

jasmine_23's review

informative medium-paced

3.5

I don't usually read memoirs, but Miriam Margolyes is certainly an interesting character and so I wanted to read her book. When she talks about her perspectives on life and topics, those parts of the book were great and fascinating and piqued my personal interest, but for the rest of the book, it was very repetitive, with her sharing stories about other people's life rather than her own and name dropping *a lot* just for the sake of it (which is fair but not my cup of tea). Overall, it's a good read. I'm glad I gave it a chance. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Classism, Antisemitism, and Death of parent

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

emilo's review

emotional funny hopeful reflective relaxing medium-paced

4.0

i just love autobiographies where people lay out their lives for you and show all the funny wee bits 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Sexism, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Death, War, and Colonisation

itsbumley's review against another edition

funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Cursing, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Pandemic/Epidemic, Fatphobia, Infidelity, and Misogyny

wordsofclover's review

funny informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual content, Antisemitism, and Misogyny

hylian_narwhal's review against another edition

funny informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia and Antisemitism

Moderate: Sexual content and Bullying

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

lydia_reads's review

funny hopeful fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Antisemitism

catherinedsharp's review against another edition

funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

3.75

I started listening to this as an audiobook to sleep to, but often found myself enthralled and giggling between the sheets!

A funny and very well written text, that is in equal measures informative and endearing. Very interesting to hear all about the life of someone who I’d never particularly thought much about; she has many lessons to teach.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Antisemitism, Classism, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Lesbophobia, Religious bigotry, and Sexual content

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

bookbird's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced

5.0

Exactly what a memoir should be: reflective, interesting, a little fragmented, but always a complete and truthful account of a particular person. And what a person Miriam Margolyes is.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Dementia, Antisemitism, Body shaming, Death, Sexual content, and Lesbophobia