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3.99 AVERAGE
3.99 AVERAGE
For the record, I'm not a fan of the Bella Twins. As wrestlers, they aren't as good as I thought but they trained hard to keep up. I'd like to commend them for that and it takes guts to share their story pre and post WWE in this biography. Their career in WWE started when I lost my interest in wrestling. I'm more of an "Attitude Era" fan where women kicked ass. The PG era makes everything limited and the screen time for female wrestlers got devastatingly short.
Nikki and Brie had a rough journey and both are workhorses to have a better life. They talked about grief, abuse, trauma and toxic relationships. I love they embraced their flaws and body positivity. There are things I agree and disagree on.
I agree: The women's royal rumble was forgotten because of Ronda Rousey's debut. WWE should've pushed that back. It's better she debut on Wrestlemania.
I disagree: they started the revolution. Nope. The Women of NXT, specifically The Four Horsewomen -- Charlotte Flair, Sasha Banks, Bayley and Becky Lynch paved way that it's time to bring back the women's wrestling. I'm not discrediting their efforts as sports entertainers. It may hurt their feelings but it's true. The 4HW got me watch wrestling again. It's like this is the era I was looking for.
I wished the timeline of this biography is in chronological order. It's disorganized and there are times it's confusing. Also, don't expect tea about John Cena. You can't see him here. It's good Nikki omitted him. LOL. Overall, it's good and I enjoyed Brie's perspective more than Nikki.
Nikki and Brie had a rough journey and both are workhorses to have a better life. They talked about grief, abuse, trauma and toxic relationships. I love they embraced their flaws and body positivity. There are things I agree and disagree on.
I agree: The women's royal rumble was forgotten because of Ronda Rousey's debut. WWE should've pushed that back. It's better she debut on Wrestlemania.
I disagree: they started the revolution. Nope. The Women of NXT, specifically The Four Horsewomen -- Charlotte Flair, Sasha Banks, Bayley and Becky Lynch paved way that it's time to bring back the women's wrestling. I'm not discrediting their efforts as sports entertainers. It may hurt their feelings but it's true. The 4HW got me watch wrestling again. It's like this is the era I was looking for.
I wished the timeline of this biography is in chronological order. It's disorganized and there are times it's confusing. Also, don't expect tea about John Cena. You can't see him here. It's good Nikki omitted him. LOL. Overall, it's good and I enjoyed Brie's perspective more than Nikki.
It was what I expected it to be. Not too polished but it had some nice pieces of their lives that I didn’t know.
Fair warning, the last chapter is basically an ad for their brands. I rolled my eyes so hard and skimmed. It was so disappointing.
Fair warning, the last chapter is basically an ad for their brands. I rolled my eyes so hard and skimmed. It was so disappointing.
3.5 stars - This is a really fun and easy read (it shifts between the sisters' perspectives), but I wish it were split into two books. There were a few areas where I wish they had gone deeper, and the last chapter read like an ad for their businesses (although I immediately looked up their websites, so it worked). Definitely recommend for any fans of Total Divas.
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Very interesting read. I didn't realize all that they had been though. Sometimes the order of the stories is a little confusing which is why it's a 4 star.
Very interesting read. I didn't realize all that they had been though. Sometimes the order of the stories is a little confusing which is why it's a 4 star.
I love the Bella Twins. When I started watching wrestling a few years back, they were unfortunately nearing the end of their careers. But that didn’t stop me from going back and watching their older marches on the network and of course older episodes of Total Divas. If you’re a Bella Army member, then you will love this book. We get so many more stories than what they’ve already shared. I’ve always have been really impressed on how open they choose to be with their fans, and this book goes even deeper into their lives. They are also really vocal about women working together rather than against each other, which goes to their experience at the WWE. Brie and Nikki are both so much bigger than their wrestling personas, and their book really shows why they’ve been able to create successful careers after WWE. Definitely pick up if you’re a fan!
(One note about the audiobook, they only read the intro and outro and have other narrators for the chapters. I really wish they had been the ones to read the book, but I also understand why some authors choose to have different narrators. That’s really my only complaint about the book.)
(One note about the audiobook, they only read the intro and outro and have other narrators for the chapters. I really wish they had been the ones to read the book, but I also understand why some authors choose to have different narrators. That’s really my only complaint about the book.)
2.5* I grew up watching the WWE so it was fun to see the behinds the scenes of the world of wrestling. I loved the themes of female empowerment! It was a fun read but definitely didn’t wow me
2.75 stars.
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Okay so I went into this with a very very vague picture in my mind of who the Bella’s were. Initial thoughts after finishing were that this was not a groundbreaking memoir and it was not particularly told well. I think my rating would be drastically different if I watched them during their WWE days or were fans of their reality shows.
That being said, I think there were some parts of this I found interesting even without knowing them or their backstory. I appreciated their stance on gender equality in WWE and admired their strength and perseverance.
Truthfully I was bored through a lot of it since I had no previous knowledge of the twins. This book fell flat in many parts because of that. They were vague when they discussed past drama which made it useless for a reader who doesn’t have the backstory already.
All in all, I wouldn’t recommend this to someone who knows nothing about the Bellas which might go without saying but had to mention it. I might start following them now though because they seem pretty cool.
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Okay so I went into this with a very very vague picture in my mind of who the Bella’s were. Initial thoughts after finishing were that this was not a groundbreaking memoir and it was not particularly told well. I think my rating would be drastically different if I watched them during their WWE days or were fans of their reality shows.
That being said, I think there were some parts of this I found interesting even without knowing them or their backstory. I appreciated their stance on gender equality in WWE and admired their strength and perseverance.
Truthfully I was bored through a lot of it since I had no previous knowledge of the twins. This book fell flat in many parts because of that. They were vague when they discussed past drama which made it useless for a reader who doesn’t have the backstory already.
All in all, I wouldn’t recommend this to someone who knows nothing about the Bellas which might go without saying but had to mention it. I might start following them now though because they seem pretty cool.
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced