Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

This Much is True by Miriam Margolyes

14 reviews

tradepaperback's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Cursing, Grief, and Dementia

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

strawberrytheauthor's review

emotional funny informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

I loved this book. I kind of find it ironic that the only reason I read it is because Miriam Margolyes was on Harry Potter and that’s like her least favorite thing she’s done in her career. 
She’s an icon honestly. Living out loud and being herself in every way. This book was full of the dirty filthy stories and innuendos she’s known for but also the real things. She talks about being a Jewish Lesbian and how it has affected her career and life. 
She discusses politics, both of the Hollywood variety and of the world. I feel like I learned so much about the world from this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Alcohol, Cursing, Sexual content, Grief, Misogyny, Sexism, and Classism

Moderate: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Religious bigotry, Bullying, Islamophobia, and Fatphobia

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

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

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

robotsocks's review against another edition

funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Sexism, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Body shaming, and Fatphobia

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

yungblonde's review

emotional funny informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Cursing

Moderate: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Grief, Antisemitism, Classism, Death, Cultural appropriation, Body shaming, Racism, and Sexism