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stupidpieceofshit's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Minor: Rape and Child abuse
charlottereadsthings's review
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.0
I started to become aware of Priyanka Chopra Jonas when she began to appear in more western films. She was never someone I avidly followed, but at the same time I'd be more inclined to delve imto creative media if I knew she had a hand in it. It wasn't until I watched the indian film The Sky Is Pink, following a family dealing with a difficult diagnosis for their daughter, that I grew to really respect her as an actress and start to play closer attention to what she was putting out into the world.
Unfinished is a memoir documenting Priyanka's life from the early years to present, how she met her husband, her rise to fame and balance between Hollywood and Bollywood, along with grief and many poignant moments. While I expected to (naturally) learn more about Priyanka's life, I didn't expect to come out ot the other side learning about my own. As she spents time looking back in hindsight, talking about how ultimately we board the train (life) alone, and get off at our stop (death) alone, it all really struck a chord with me. I grew to view her as someone I wish I could sit and have many many conversations with. I listened to the audiobook, narrates by Priyanka, which probably added a lot to that feeling.
She talks about an incident that led her to deciding she wouldn't engage with public perceptions of her, which I could understand why, but didn't necessaeily agree with given her platform and the work she does outside of her movies. But it was ultimately a small niggle.
I have a lot of thoughts to digest after reading this book, but will continue to admire Priyanka and her work from afar since, after all, hee stoey is unfinished.
Unfinished is a memoir documenting Priyanka's life from the early years to present, how she met her husband, her rise to fame and balance between Hollywood and Bollywood, along with grief and many poignant moments. While I expected to (naturally) learn more about Priyanka's life, I didn't expect to come out ot the other side learning about my own. As she spents time looking back in hindsight, talking about how ultimately we board the train (life) alone, and get off at our stop (death) alone, it all really struck a chord with me. I grew to view her as someone I wish I could sit and have many many conversations with. I listened to the audiobook, narrates by Priyanka, which probably added a lot to that feeling.
She talks about an incident that led her to deciding she wouldn't engage with public perceptions of her, which I could understand why, but didn't necessaeily agree with given her platform and the work she does outside of her movies. But it was ultimately a small niggle.
I have a lot of thoughts to digest after reading this book, but will continue to admire Priyanka and her work from afar since, after all, hee stoey is unfinished.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, and Cancer
Minor: Rape, Sexism, and Racism
ariellediaz1227's review
slow-paced
2.0
I am horrified that in a book where she spent only one paragraph talking about her own bullying that she shared that awful story about that 14 year old girl in Zimbabwe. Didn't even talk about her own boyfriends but mentioned this it was incredibly triggering. I was going to give this book a 3 star because it was fine but that upset me heavily. Why????? Other than that this book was very meh, it didnt really incite much emotion. There was a lot of telling and no showing. I dont really feel like I learned anything I couldn't google. I'm not saying everyone needs trauma but I feel like the thing she was most vulnerable about was her nose collapsing.
Content Warnings
Minor: Rape
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