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Paris: The Memoir by Paris Hilton

5 reviews

olliejp2004's review

challenging dark funny informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Rape, Toxic relationship, Confinement, Alcohol, Child abuse, Torture, and Misogyny

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

smashingreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

 

There’s two things I love about memoirs: 1) Learning about someone’s life and 2) Learning about someone’s authentic self. 

 

The hard thing about the second part is balancing the appreciation for someone showing you who they truly are and not actually liking that person. 

 

I think the hold up for me is that Paris has been through a lot, but doesn’t always apply the empathy you would think she has. The specific item I’m thinking about is when she’s happy that a blackmailer ended up killing himself because, karma. I can understand the pain and hate towards someone who is blackmailing you, but I struggled to understand how someone who had been through so much couldn’t pull even the smallest amount of empathy towards someone who decided to take their own life. Is the problem that the book didn’t adequately explain the pain the blackmailer caused Paris? Or is the problem a straight lack of empathy? 

 

Lack of empathy aside, the details Paris shares about her experience in the “troubled teen” schools is a lot to process and I’m so thankful she shared her experience. It’s something that I don’t know if I would have learned about outside of this memoir, and it’ll never cease to be mind blowing to me how prevalent abuse is. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Confinement, Gaslighting, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Vomit, Suicide, Abortion, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual harassment, and Sexual assault

laurenmcneese's review against another edition

This book is beautifully written and the topics are so important. And I am not in a space to process the triggers included in this book right now. Paris is an amazing writer, and she has endured unimaginable horrors. I have to take care of myself, though, and I cannot stomach all she has been through. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Death, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, Trafficking, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Kidnapping, Suicide, Abandonment, Body shaming, Bullying, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence

mynameisrebecca's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

Definitely recommend listening to this as an audiobook! The book is written very conversationally, lots of "ums" "uhs" and the like, and I think it would read awkwardly. Overall a great look into Paris's life, though could be a little pushy with the life advice/"big sister" vibes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Torture, Rape, Child death, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Suicide

Moderate: Sexism and Death

mdwsn27's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Vomit, Forced institutionalization, Violence, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Cancer, Grief, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Pandemic/Epidemic, Physical abuse, Stalking, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, Murder, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Confinement, Abandonment, Suicide attempt, and Torture