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staceyinthesticks's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
reflective
slow-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Death of parent, Excrement, and Genocide
starshine1's review against another edition
funny
informative
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing and Sexual content
Moderate: Dysphoria, Grief, Homophobia, Sexism, Xenophobia, Death, and Terminal illness
Minor: Classism, Excrement, Infidelity, Death of parent, and Genocide
librarianlayla's review against another edition
funny
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
slow-paced
3.75
3.5/4 stars.
As usual Miriam aims to shock and delight.
Whilst this book is filled with interesting and at times, outrageous, tales - it didn't quite hit the 5 star mark for me.
Miriam is a fascinating woman who has lived a truly remarkable life, she has touched so many (quite a few physically!) people with her quick wit and cheeky charm.
However early on in the book she deadnames someone who she says she considered a friend and unfortunately that left a sour note in my mouth. There is also an almost constant theme of sexual molestation by others to her that seems almost celebrated when in quite a few of the cases should be abhorrent. Especially in such incidents when she was a minor.
I do love her journey of authenticity - her passion for the truth. Whatever it may be. And it's something I can relate to immensely.
Overall a wonderful and insightful read, but not for the faint of heart.
As usual Miriam aims to shock and delight.
Whilst this book is filled with interesting and at times, outrageous, tales - it didn't quite hit the 5 star mark for me.
Miriam is a fascinating woman who has lived a truly remarkable life, she has touched so many (quite a few physically!) people with her quick wit and cheeky charm.
However early on in the book she deadnames someone who she says she considered a friend and unfortunately that left a sour note in my mouth. There is also an almost constant theme of sexual molestation by others to her that seems almost celebrated when in quite a few of the cases should be abhorrent. Especially in such incidents when she was a minor.
I do love her journey of authenticity - her passion for the truth. Whatever it may be. And it's something I can relate to immensely.
Overall a wonderful and insightful read, but not for the faint of heart.
Content Warnings
Minor: Antisemitism, Bullying, Cultural appropriation, Sexual harassment, Body shaming, Deadnaming, Cursing, Infidelity, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Homophobia, and Sexual assault
questingnotcoasting's review against another edition
funny
reflective
medium-paced
3.5
This was as interesting and funny as you'd imagine a memoir from Miriam Margolyes would be. She's certainly had a fascinating life and I found it a fast read despite being over 400 pages. Occasionally I felt her anecdotes dragged on a little, particularly those about all her school teachers and I did notice that her stories sometimes didn't flow from one to another very smoothly. It was a bit like she was just writing down everything interesting she could remember, but that didn't really impact my enjoyment.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death of parent and Terminal illness
Minor: Deadnaming and Racism
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