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3.71 AVERAGE
3.71 AVERAGE
Scott Weiland’s death was the first I remember having a big affect on me. I wasn’t a huge fan of Nirvana, but STP? They were the soundtrack of my teenage years. While this book was completed before Scott’s tragic passing, it still offered a peak into the struggles he was dealing with, and more importantly, those struggles Mary was working through. This book is well written and fills in the blanks pretty well regarding some of what it’s like to deal with addiction and mental illness.
Wish I had read this one alone instead of Scott's.
I cannot recommend this book enough. Weiland, the former wife of Scott Weiland, gave an honest, unvarnished look at her life before and with him. She didn't try to make herself look good. Instead, she talked quite honestly about life as a model married to a rock star, the drug use, their struggles with mental illness. She held nothing back, which is what makes it worth reading.
This is another rock star life style/addiction memoir, this time from the wife of Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland.
It's well written and interesting throughout and the author does an admirable job of illustrating her mindset through the drug use and the undiagnosed bipolar disorder. But I can't help but feel that this is simply another celebrity tell all and to be honest I'm getting kind of tired of them. Now that is a reflection of me not the book. The book is actually quite good and tells the Weiland's addiction story without any glossing over of the bad parts. The section dealing with Mary's mental issues are exceptional informative.
It's well written and interesting throughout and the author does an admirable job of illustrating her mindset through the drug use and the undiagnosed bipolar disorder. But I can't help but feel that this is simply another celebrity tell all and to be honest I'm getting kind of tired of them. Now that is a reflection of me not the book. The book is actually quite good and tells the Weiland's addiction story without any glossing over of the bad parts. The section dealing with Mary's mental issues are exceptional informative.
I admit I read this out of curiosity, as a Stone Temple Pilots fan. I've always found Scott Weiland to be an electric performer. But right away, I was pulled into Mary's life and started to genuinely care and feel compassion for her. I related to her struggles with lifelong depression. By the end I was in tears. I know she will continue to struggle, especially in the wake of his death. But she's strong for the sake of her children and herself, and is an inspiration for that alone.
While I didn't care for what others have called "name-dropping" either, I realize that these were the people she knew. That was, and is, her life, and her friends. She can't be faulted for being honest.
While I didn't care for what others have called "name-dropping" either, I realize that these were the people she knew. That was, and is, her life, and her friends. She can't be faulted for being honest.
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I appreciated the candor and tone taken by the author at first, and I'm a big fan of a the former-junkie memoir genre... but the actual story (and delivery) bored me after the first 100 pages.
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Mary tells the story of her enmeshed life with Scott Weiland of STP. Beginning with her childhood and quickly moving into an emancipated teenage modeling career, it's easy to see how she ended up becoming an addict. In addition to her heavy drug abuse, however, was her underlying mental instability of undiagnosed bipolarism. She's very frank and honest about her experiences and the level to which she and Scott enabled each other through a very dependent love. She writes in a straightforward way, with a dash of creative twist and language that makes the book enjoyable and far from a lackluster account of another behind-the-scenes rock star life. My heart went out to her and roots for her to find peace, and I value her for steadfastly commiting to a no-excuses sobriety once her children were in the world. A great read for anyone battling addiction or trying to get a handle on bipolar disorder, or for anyone who loves somebody battling these conditions.
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