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Selma Blair is smart, a good writer, and is living an interesting life. The book is an hour or more too long, but it's not repetitive. There's some actory, self-indulgent stuff in there that I find annoying. I'm interested in what others think.

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3.5

Selma Blair is an actress I grew up loving for her roles in Legally Blonde and Cruel Intentions. I had no idea her life was so difficult and rife with personal tragedies until this book. Hearing her read it made it that much more emotional; you could hear the times when she worked to compose herself, when she was protecting herself from her story, and when she was delighted by what she was talking about.
Overall a good celebrity memoir!

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gabbyroarty's review

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emotional funny inspiring slow-paced

3.5

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bugzecat's review

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dark emotional funny reflective slow-paced

4.0

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kshertz's review

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3.5

It was fascinating to hear her life story. I love that she’s always wanted to be an author and took us through her mom, her love life and her diagnosis of MS especially. I enjoyed learning more about her and I like that she appears to have grown up with the diagnosis. I am happy to have read and learned from her story.

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siobhanward's review

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4.0

I'll admit I don't know a lot about Selma Blair other than she's become an advocate for those with MS and that she played Vivian in Legally Blonde. That said, not knowing a ton about her didn't stop me from enjoying this book. I'm glad she admitted to being kind of a jerk at times - I know we all go through those phases but I feel like Blair was especially out of touch? What kind of adult literally needs to be bitten back in order to learn that biting people isn't funny?? I think most people figure that one out as toddlers.

I loved how open and honest Blair was about a lot of topics, but she did skirt around how much money she grew up with. I don't know anyone who could afford private school growing up, much less being kicked out of private school and finding a way to re-enter. I would have loved a bit more insight into how Blair felt that having that kind of upbringing impacted her as an adult, and her career.

I learned a lot about Selma Blair throughout this book and loved how she wrote it. I feel like it jumped around a bit and sometimes it was hard to figure out what was happening when, but that didn't spoil my enjoyment too much. It's a fun and interesting read, whether or not you know Blair's work well.

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