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Paris: The Memoir bonus chapter by Paris Hilton

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It's really hard for me to rate a memoir. It's someone's most intimate thoughts and someone's personal life. How can I rate them on their experiences.

Although Paris and I are roughly the same age, I can't say I've ever followed Paris closely. I knew that she was on television and remember her being in the weekly magazines as a socialite. I had neutral feelings about her. A friend gifted me Paris Hilton's memoir so I took it on. 

Learning about Paris' teen years was heart-wrenching. There were parts that I wish she had shared more. She mentions in the book that she's said hurtful things and I wish she had expanded on that gave a more full-throated apology instead of the general apology and then quickly moved on. 

In all, I found it a fast read and generally enjoyable but a little chaotic. (I realize she has ADHD and the book is written/edited the way it is for a reason.)

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This has been on my tbr for a while and I’m so glad I listened to Paris read her memoir to me herself, it was much more impactful that way. I love her voice, her real one that is. This book takes you through her childhood, her years of bouncing around homes and schools, forced institutionalization at troubled teen camps and jail time when she got a DUI, up until she met her current husband. So many people failed her in life and it’s truly only herself and her work ethic that saved her. I hope she’s happy, she deserves peace after all she’s been through. I know she’s forgiven a lot of the people who wronged her, but I haven’t. Ricky when I catch you Ricky👊🏼👊🏼 please look up specific trigger warnings, as there are a LOT of them. This was a hard listen, but ultimately it’s HEA, and that’s what kept me going, knowing that she got out. I think this is one of the only celeb memoirs I would reread. You’ll enjoy if you’re a fan of 2000s pop culture or if you have an ADHD brain, since the way she tells the story is pretty fast-paced and jumps around topics.

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Once again, it’s not a literary masterpiece but to Paris’ credit she was literally prevented from finishing high school when she was sent away to an abusive juvenile detention center at 15ish. The accounts of being sent to functionally prison with more cavity searches was heartbreaking and devastating. This is the first celebrity memoir I’ve genuinely had to stop listening to because it was HEAVY and all this because she had ADHD and no one was interested in working with her. The abuse she endured could as easily have killed her. Each one of these memoirs by an It-Girl of the 90’s-2000’s is just one heartbreaking story after another. I’m amazed she was able to repair her relationship with her parents and astounded by her use of her platform to bring down some of the atrocious and sadistic organizations that profited off torturing children. 

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I absolutely loved this book. It had all the charm of the Paris Hilton character and all the heart of Paris Hilton the woman. A great story of resilience. 

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