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Down the Rabbit Hole: Curious Adventures and Cautionary Tales of a Former Playboy Bunny
Holly Madison
3.45 AVERAGE
1.41k reviews for:
Down the Rabbit Hole: Curious Adventures and Cautionary Tales of a Former Playboy Bunny
Holly Madison
3.45 AVERAGE
dark
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Worth reading for fans of Girls Next Door (TV Show) or Girls Next Level (Podcast), a little repetitive with the same stories you would see/hear on those but slightly more details at times
Honest and A Great Read
I loved this book and how honest Holly was about what her life was like at the mansion. I definitely learned some interesting things about Hef
I loved this book and how honest Holly was about what her life was like at the mansion. I definitely learned some interesting things about Hef
emotional
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
I read this book on audio for pure gossipy purposes. I thought the intertwining of Alice in Wonderland was pretty cool and the book was overall well written. The audio was kind of distracting when Madison attempts to do accents and impressions. They aren't great, most notably the English accent that for some reason accompanies the Alice in Wonderland quotes at the beginning of each chapter. Other than that it was fun to read all the things you would expect to read about life at the Playboy mansion. I appreciated that Madison was looking to distance herself from the image that was created of her.
Not even embarrassed about how much I liked this book.
I actually found Holly’s version of events interesting. Of course one needs to understand that there maybe a bit of embellishment for selling books sake. But I do see the issue with the Playboy moniker and Hugh Hefner’s lifestyle in general.
I was also sucked in to the false narrative that all of the young women were willing and happy to be with Hef. Even though my original thoughts when I was a teenager was, ‘EW! He’s such a perverted old man’. I adored ‘The girl’s next door’ and their antics. I didn’t much like Holly because she appeared to be always bored or annoyed with ‘no personality’ but she had many standout moments that stuck with me and once she started to ‘branch out’ and work for the company, her personality shown through and I adored her.
It sucks that society prides people [men in particular] like Hefner and believe they can do no wrong or choosing to ignore it. I fully believe that Hefner groomed these young women or at the very least was abusive to them after getting them lured into the Mansion.
More proof that we as people need to think beyond what we are told and see; things that are presented to us and claimed to be truth could very well be the opposite.
I’m not saying the book is not without it’s faults. Holly does complain quite a bit [who wouldn’t when writing a tell all?] but I can understand as someone who has been on the receiving end of years of needling type abuse; I get the need to vent. I doubt Holly is not without stains from cattiness. Everyone’s memory is different as well as brains. We process things differently.
Regardless, I still think that this book was an interesting read especially in todays climate.
I was also sucked in to the false narrative that all of the young women were willing and happy to be with Hef. Even though my original thoughts when I was a teenager was, ‘EW! He’s such a perverted old man’. I adored ‘The girl’s next door’ and their antics. I didn’t much like Holly because she appeared to be always bored or annoyed with ‘no personality’ but she had many standout moments that stuck with me and once she started to ‘branch out’ and work for the company, her personality shown through and I adored her.
It sucks that society prides people [men in particular] like Hefner and believe they can do no wrong or choosing to ignore it. I fully believe that Hefner groomed these young women or at the very least was abusive to them after getting them lured into the Mansion.
More proof that we as people need to think beyond what we are told and see; things that are presented to us and claimed to be truth could very well be the opposite.
I’m not saying the book is not without it’s faults. Holly does complain quite a bit [who wouldn’t when writing a tell all?] but I can understand as someone who has been on the receiving end of years of needling type abuse; I get the need to vent. I doubt Holly is not without stains from cattiness. Everyone’s memory is different as well as brains. We process things differently.
Regardless, I still think that this book was an interesting read especially in todays climate.
“That's one of the things about Hef: when it came to humiliating his girlfriends, the larger the audience, the better.”
Told with interspersed quotations from Alice in Wonderland, Holly Madison's biography is an indicting account of what went on inside the mansion. I read this with purposeful criticism against Hefner, having already read St. James' account as a girlfriend. Madison, on the other hand, was Hefner's main girlfriend for plenty of years. Together, these books confirm that Hefner was manipulative and limelight-adoring.
Madison takes care to balance her thoughtfulness, experiences, and trauma with good nature and light-hearted humor. She reveals the down and dirty of the mansion, the tension, the wizard behind the curtain. It's more ugly than glamorous, and it's interesting to read her account with her hindsight.
Told with interspersed quotations from Alice in Wonderland, Holly Madison's biography is an indicting account of what went on inside the mansion. I read this with purposeful criticism against Hefner, having already read St. James' account as a girlfriend. Madison, on the other hand, was Hefner's main girlfriend for plenty of years. Together, these books confirm that Hefner was manipulative and limelight-adoring.
Madison takes care to balance her thoughtfulness, experiences, and trauma with good nature and light-hearted humor. She reveals the down and dirty of the mansion, the tension, the wizard behind the curtain. It's more ugly than glamorous, and it's interesting to read her account with her hindsight.
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
This is a must read if you grew up in the 80s 90s or even 00s or if you ever heard of playboy.