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God Bless This Mess: Learning to Live and Love Through Life's Best (and Worst) Moments by Hannah Brown
2 reviews
sderrig's review
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
2.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Body shaming, Bullying, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence
Moderate: Alcoholism, Addiction, Violence, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Racial slurs, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail
onkenzisshelf's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
fast-paced
3.75
I don’t like giving star ratings to memoirs, but of course, to count in my stats, I have to, BUT I’ll tell you my thoughts overall. I love Hannah. She’s one of my all-time favorite people from the Bachelor franchise because I think she comes across as incredibly real compared to other people. This book was no different. She shared struggles and hardships that shaped who she is today and gave us a glimpse into the real Hannah Brown.
I will say, a lot of this book read as kind of whiny and “woe is me” (like come on, being bullied for dimples felt like a stretch), but this girl did face a lot of horrible things that she never got help with so I feel for her. I felt like the reasoning for a lot of this stemmed from some religious trauma and the way the South views human worth. It was also kind of nice to learn that the Bachelor franchise didn’t use some of her most horrible traumas as storylines in the show. This book wasn’t the most well written, but it felt pretty honest and it was a quick read.
Overall, I did enjoy this one, but if you’re not a Bachelor fan, I wouldn’t pick this one up, as it read like I felt a “memoir” about the show itself would read. It was also super faith-based, so if that isn’t your thing, I’d avoid this one. Also TWs for eating disorders, a lot of weight talk, abusive relationships, homophobia, and murder. I wouldn't necessarily say Hannah herself was homophobic in this book, but there were quite a few times when either internalized or even society-fueled homophobia was pretty obvious.
I will say, a lot of this book read as kind of whiny and “woe is me” (like come on, being bullied for dimples felt like a stretch), but this girl did face a lot of horrible things that she never got help with so I feel for her. I felt like the reasoning for a lot of this stemmed from some religious trauma and the way the South views human worth. It was also kind of nice to learn that the Bachelor franchise didn’t use some of her most horrible traumas as storylines in the show. This book wasn’t the most well written, but it felt pretty honest and it was a quick read.
Overall, I did enjoy this one, but if you’re not a Bachelor fan, I wouldn’t pick this one up, as it read like I felt a “memoir” about the show itself would read. It was also super faith-based, so if that isn’t your thing, I’d avoid this one. Also TWs for eating disorders, a lot of weight talk, abusive relationships, homophobia, and murder. I wouldn't necessarily say Hannah herself was homophobic in this book, but there were quite a few times when either internalized or even society-fueled homophobia was pretty obvious.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, and Fatphobia
Moderate: Homophobia
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