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Miss Memory Lane: A Memoir by Colton Haynes

6 reviews

my_personal_escape's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Alcohol, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Grief, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Rape, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Incest, Terminal illness, Cancer, and Homophobia

Minor: Gaslighting and Forced institutionalization

mjscooke's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

4.0

In this hauntingly beautiful lament of a memoir exploring his childhood, family, sexuality, and drive for stardom, Haynes recounts a lot of difficult experiences. It isn’t an easy listen and you can feel the emotion oozing from his performance. It is an important story though. One that reminds us that fame had no baring on how easy your life is emotionally and cannot cover up your past. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Pedophilia, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Incest, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

lady_moon's review against another edition

5.0

"I’m crying because for the first time I can remember, I’m present, and my emotions feel like a gift, a celebration, a reward. It’s just me, myself, and the sky."

I can believe how raw this memoir was. Colton Haynes did not shy from anything. He hid absolutely nothing. It feels almost disrespectful to try dear down this memoir by analyzing it - it has so much emotion and honesty. Colton Haynes himself comes to many ugly conclusions about his childhood and teenage years towards the end. It was brutal. I can only admire his bravery in sharing this book with the world. If half of this had happened to, I would take it to the grave with me. 

I started it without having an idea what exactly I'm getting into. I didn't have any expectations. And I got so much more emotion, rawness and tears than I expected. And let me tell, the audiobook, being narrated by Colton Haynes himself, added to it. There was one or two times, as he talked about his mother's death, where his voice shook. I was crying for the last two or three chapters at this point. I'm so so glad I decided to give this a chance. I know many people pick up memoires based on that if they like the celebrity or not. I believe anyone who does or doesn't know/like/care about Colton Haynes particularly (like I was) can pick up this book and get the full experience.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Mental illness, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Self harm, Sexual harassment, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Cancer, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Abandonment, Body shaming, Blood, Pedophilia, Suicide, Death, Grief, Incest, and Medical content

Minor: Terminal illness

barsquid's review

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

Colton struck gold with this book. Extremely well written and a story that deserves to be told. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Death of parent, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Addiction, and Alcoholism

shamelesslyash's review

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

When I first heard Colton was writing a book, I rolled my eyes. What could he possibly write about? But I was so so wrong. Colton has a way with words. He's so open and honest about his life, his struggles, his triumphs. He doesn't shy away from writing about the dirty, hard times. He truly opens himself up to you in his book. This book wasn't easy to read by any means, but it grabbed my attention from the first page. I loved how each chapter is framed around a year and place. It's easy to follow and see where Colton was in his life at the time. This book is truly a masterpiece.

I got to go to a book signing with Colton and he is the sweetest, most kind and open person. Thank you Colton for always oversharing. Never stop!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug use, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Sexual content, Eating disorder, and Pedophilia

Minor: Incest, Medical content, Cancer, Bullying, Outing, Homophobia, and Mental illness

bennyholm's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Rape, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Medical content, Incest, Forced institutionalization, Addiction, Grief, Eating disorder, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, Chronic illness, Child abuse, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Cancer, Terminal illness, and Acephobia/Arophobia