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3.2 AVERAGE
3.2 AVERAGE
I kept reading, hoping the book would come together as the sexy expose promised rather than the self indulgent fictionalized navel gazing of a shallow hypocrite that it was. I swear a friend in college told me this exact same story 15 years ago! Comes off as highly self pitying and Relentless and banal namedropping by someone who knew brilliant people and is seeking her 15 minutes of fame.
challenging
dark
informative
medium-paced
300 pages to basically say nothing. It was disappointing
It makes me sad that I did not like this book but I did not like it. Try [Book: Whip Smart] instead.
She’s trending at the moment so I picked it up, I love a good memoir. I really enjoyed her story. It wasn’t at all what I expected- in a good way.
This was just a random book I picked up from the library. Started reading it and could not put it down. A strange, disturbing, and entertaining read.
So far away from my life experiences that I kept finding myself having to remind myself that it was a true story. Totally fascinating.
Some Girls is a little dry, but one image still sticks with me, nearly ten years after I read the book: Jillian Lauren is forced to wait several hours in a freezing cold room, without a blanket. The girls in the harem are pampered, yes, but they’re also subjected to subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) psychological abuse.
Some Girls: My Life in a Harem by Jillian Lauren, a Kindle book I began reading on August 27th. It's almost with irony that I had finished reading Mary Forsberg Weiland's Fall to Pieces memoir only to pick up a book with the same she-power, gritty, but selfish tone that same day.
The intimate, confidential detail of the Brunei "household" was awesome and reminded me keenly of other girl-exclusive, catty environments I've sojourned in the past when I was Jillian's age and, similarly, come out alive and alot wiser. All the other parts of the book (with the exception of the quote about taking semi-professional photographs at the age 19, which was uncannily creepy) were pretty vampy, whiney, and self-righteous. A mountain out of a molehill.
The intimate, confidential detail of the Brunei "household" was awesome and reminded me keenly of other girl-exclusive, catty environments I've sojourned in the past when I was Jillian's age and, similarly, come out alive and alot wiser. All the other parts of the book (with the exception of the quote about taking semi-professional photographs at the age 19, which was uncannily creepy) were pretty vampy, whiney, and self-righteous. A mountain out of a molehill.
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced