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This Much Is True by Miriam Margolyes

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amylangdown_'s review against another edition

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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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esv_'s review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.0

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becausebrenna's review against another edition

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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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jasmine_23's review against another edition

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informative medium-paced

3.5

I don't usually read memoirs, but Miriam Margolyes is certainly an interesting character and so I wanted to read her book. When she talks about her perspectives on life and topics, those parts of the book were great and fascinating and piqued my personal interest, but for the rest of the book, it was very repetitive, with her sharing stories about other people's life rather than her own and name dropping *a lot* just for the sake of it (which is fair but not my cup of tea). Overall, it's a good read. I'm glad I gave it a chance.

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emilo's review against another edition

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4.0

i just love autobiographies where people lay out their lives for you and show all the funny wee bits

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funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

3.5

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wordsofclover's review against another edition

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funny informative medium-paced

4.0

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hylian_narwhal's review

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funny informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

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lydia_reads's review against another edition

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funny hopeful fast-paced

3.5

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catherinedsharp's review against another edition

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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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