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Gotta Get Theroux This: My Life and Strange Times on Television by Louis Theroux
5 reviews
lucyrudd's review
5.0
Moderate: Cancer, Death, Pregnancy, Drug abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Addiction, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Chronic illness, Alcohol, Cursing, Dementia, Medical content, Rape, and Sexual assault
helhas3letters's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Vomit, Stalking, and Miscarriage
Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Medical content, Rape, Terminal illness, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, and Violence
Minor: Drug use, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Racism, Religious bigotry, Antisemitism, and Drug abuse
alisonannk's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Eating disorder, Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, Pedophilia, Rape, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Dementia, Homophobia, Sexual violence, Infertility, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Racism, Sexism, and Infidelity
Moderate: Bullying, Classism, Hate crime, Misogyny, Grief, and Religious bigotry
hannahebert's review against another edition
4.0
I really enjoyed this book as someone who isn’t a huge Theroux fan but as someone who would watch his work and enjoy it when it pops up. I think if you’ve seen everything he’s done you might find it to be a bit of a “and then I did this and then I did that” and feel disappointed.
Some people seem to have given poor reviews based on Theroux’s character and through discovery of how privileged Theroux is. I found that for most of the privileges afforded to Theroux, there appeared to be a price to pay for most of them. I appreciated Theroux’s honesty to be able to depict himself as someone with issues, especially detailing how he has been a crappy romantic partner to both Nancy and Susanna.
A pretty balanced book, it could have been better but I think it was still pretty good.
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Islamophobia, Medical content, Miscarriage, Toxic friendship, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, and Racism
erinjulia's review against another edition
4.0
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Child abuse, Confinement, Drug use, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, and Sexual assault