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This Much Is True by Miriam Margolyes

11 reviews

amylangdown_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing slow-paced

5.0

If you know anything about Miriam Margolyes, you know she doesn’t shy away from truth, taboo or innuendo. What you might not know is that she is a person of excellent politics and genuine care. This is the most honest autobiography I’ve come across - owning up to wrongs and taking you through each detail of what can only be described as a wild ride of a life. I love her even more now. I found her discussions around her body and fatness challenging but honest. Everything difficult discussed is done matter-of-factly and not graphic.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia and Body shaming

Minor: Lesbophobia, Antisemitism, Homophobia, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Classism

esv_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Death of parent, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, and Body shaming

strawberrytheauthor's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

I loved this book. I kind of find it ironic that the only reason I read it is because Miriam Margolyes was on Harry Potter and that’s like her least favorite thing she’s done in her career. 
She’s an icon honestly. Living out loud and being herself in every way. This book was full of the dirty filthy stories and innuendos she’s known for but also the real things. She talks about being a Jewish Lesbian and how it has affected her career and life. 
She discusses politics, both of the Hollywood variety and of the world. I feel like I learned so much about the world from this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Alcohol, Cursing, Sexual content, Grief, Misogyny, Sexism, and Classism

Moderate: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Religious bigotry, Bullying, Islamophobia, and Fatphobia

becausebrenna's review against another edition

funny reflective medium-paced

3.0

Miriam fascinates me. I enjoyed her perspectives on growing up in Oxford, breaking in to acting, and anti-Zionism, but I was equally concerned? by her royalist views, ongoing lack of body positivity (or even body neutrality!) and offhand disregard for a number of encounters that could be construed as sexual assault.  

The audiobook was enjoyable, as Miriam says she has a history of doing audio dramas and narration, so I was able to listen at 1.7 speed and still understand everything. 

However book is quite long, and I think may have been improved with some editing. I do understand that the book covers over 80 years, but some of the tales of acting just turned into Mad Libs, swapping out the project and famous coworkers/friends, and lacked real depth or specifics. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Fatphobia and Sexual assault

Minor: Antisemitism and Death of parent

itsbumley's review against another edition

funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Cursing, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Pandemic/Epidemic, Fatphobia, Infidelity, and Misogyny

catherinedsharp's review against another edition

funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

3.75

I started listening to this as an audiobook to sleep to, but often found myself enthralled and giggling between the sheets!

A funny and very well written text, that is in equal measures informative and endearing. Very interesting to hear all about the life of someone who I’d never particularly thought much about; she has many lessons to teach.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Antisemitism, Classism, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Lesbophobia, Religious bigotry, and Sexual content

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

robotsocks's review against another edition

funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Sexism, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Body shaming, and Fatphobia

eleonorehilbig's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

3.75

this is not a literary masterpiece.....and its not what you expect-definately not what i expected. 

there were some heartfelt moments, there were some laugh out loud moments in there but all in all it is a pretty straight forward account of her life....or what she wants to share with us.

however she is a performer and listening to this book rather than reading it definately made it a more enjoyable time. 

that an 80yr old has done things in her life that are not considered pc is to be expected. so i can give her some leeway on that. ;) 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia

12dejamoo's review

emotional funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced

4.25

This really was a good time. Funny, lighthearted, interesting. Miriam Margolyes has had an interesting life but even more than that she's just really good at telling her stories. There were also a fair few tender, serious, and deep moments in this book which helped to create a really rich tapestry of a life well known for comedy. There are a couple of chapters I kind of want to go back over right away, just to better imprint them on my memory. This was just so thoughtful but also such an easy read, I just flew through it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia and Antisemitism

Minor: Racism

Lots of discussion of Jewish pain, generational trauma, anger issues, fatness, but all done in a respectful and thoughtful manner. Definitely a few mentions of racist tropes - blackface, yellowface etc.

yungblonde's review against another edition

emotional funny informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Cursing

Moderate: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Grief, Antisemitism, Classism, Death, Cultural appropriation, Body shaming, Racism, and Sexism