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spatterson12's review
4.0
I LOVED this.
Paulson was on a podcast last year that I listen to and her story sounded so interesting. It wasn't until a few weeks ago that the local library posted about this book and I felt the need to prioritize. Then, I was volunteering at said library last Friday and decided to impulsively borrow, my tbr be damned.
I flew through this. It's nonfiction and reads almost like a memoir. Maybe it's labeled as that and I missed it. Either way, it's an engrossing read.
I've watched a few documentaries about MLMs, but I'm not too deep into the lore that this felt repetitive in any way. Honestly, I am still shocked to discover how much top earners could potentially bring home every month. We're talking more than $50K A MONTH. Wow, Hun.
I don't think I was truly aware of how severe and quick it was for these reps to go into debt either, just to meet quota or meet their upline's expectations. Thinking about Paulson calling her downline's sister minutes before midnight on Halloween to convince her to join is baffling. Almost as baffling as discovering that rep title and accolades reset every month. Hard pass.
I feel like the main thing that kept me from giving this a five was the ethical issues I had with her choosing to stay in the business, despite coming to terms with how much it sucked. I mean, is it fair to rate a book based on a life decision the book is sharing? I don't know. It's Goodreads. Nothing matters here. There were a few other moments in the book that felt disjointed. I might've missed this fact early on, but it felt random toward the end to plug her background as a chemist. So moments like that kind of made me pause.
Her writing and style is pretty easy to follow aside from that and she's a great storyteller. Paulson has another book that I would be interested in reading one day.
Another thing I couldn't help during this read was thinking about my time working in "direct sales" the summer between grad school years. That can be an entirely separate review, but just know I found a lot of her experience pretty relatable.
Hey, Hun is a story of a woman who falls victim to joining an MLM, but quickly rises the ranks and becomes the predator. In her journey, she starts to reckon with the reality that her life is only the MLM. She slowly removes the rose-colored glasses and deconstructs what this pyramid perpetuates to the outside world.
Paulson was on a podcast last year that I listen to and her story sounded so interesting. It wasn't until a few weeks ago that the local library posted about this book and I felt the need to prioritize. Then, I was volunteering at said library last Friday and decided to impulsively borrow, my tbr be damned.
I flew through this. It's nonfiction and reads almost like a memoir. Maybe it's labeled as that and I missed it. Either way, it's an engrossing read.
I've watched a few documentaries about MLMs, but I'm not too deep into the lore that this felt repetitive in any way. Honestly, I am still shocked to discover how much top earners could potentially bring home every month. We're talking more than $50K A MONTH. Wow, Hun.
I don't think I was truly aware of how severe and quick it was for these reps to go into debt either, just to meet quota or meet their upline's expectations. Thinking about Paulson calling her downline's sister minutes before midnight on Halloween to convince her to join is baffling. Almost as baffling as discovering that rep title and accolades reset every month. Hard pass.
I feel like the main thing that kept me from giving this a five was the ethical issues I had with her choosing to stay in the business, despite coming to terms with how much it sucked. I mean, is it fair to rate a book based on a life decision the book is sharing? I don't know. It's Goodreads. Nothing matters here. There were a few other moments in the book that felt disjointed. I might've missed this fact early on, but it felt random toward the end to plug her background as a chemist. So moments like that kind of made me pause.
Her writing and style is pretty easy to follow aside from that and she's a great storyteller. Paulson has another book that I would be interested in reading one day.
Another thing I couldn't help during this read was thinking about my time working in "direct sales" the summer between grad school years. That can be an entirely separate review, but just know I found a lot of her experience pretty relatable.
Hey, Hun is a story of a woman who falls victim to joining an MLM, but quickly rises the ranks and becomes the predator. In her journey, she starts to reckon with the reality that her life is only the MLM. She slowly removes the rose-colored glasses and deconstructs what this pyramid perpetuates to the outside world.
littlefury's review against another edition
This felt like listening to an after school special on the dangers of being sexually active as a teenager and I will not be elaborating all set thx 👎
mmiller_2011's review
2.0
I was so excited for this book... And found myself being disappointed often. The author provides an in-depth look at her experience in an MLM.
She states she doesn't like to get political but then offers views and opinions on politics through the book in an offhanded fashion that doesn't support or further any argument or context. Towards the end these views are linked back up with actions by people within the MLM and thus are relevant. However, previous to that section, I found myself questioning "why even include that?" when certain statements were made.
Additionally, she uses "white supremacy" throughout the book but doesn't explain how MLMs encompass this. She acknowledges that MLMs are overwhelmingly white, often stay at home moms, from the higher end of socioeconomic scale. However, to claim that MLMs entail white supremacy begs a more direct and complex argument than something as simple as ...well, they are white women"...
She states she doesn't like to get political but then offers views and opinions on politics through the book in an offhanded fashion that doesn't support or further any argument or context. Towards the end these views are linked back up with actions by people within the MLM and thus are relevant. However, previous to that section, I found myself questioning "why even include that?" when certain statements were made.
Additionally, she uses "white supremacy" throughout the book but doesn't explain how MLMs encompass this. She acknowledges that MLMs are overwhelmingly white, often stay at home moms, from the higher end of socioeconomic scale. However, to claim that MLMs entail white supremacy begs a more direct and complex argument than something as simple as ...well, they are white women"...