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Love, Pamela by Pamela Anderson

44 reviews

ooohgoshtara's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

I enjoyed Pamela's memoir. It's in Pamela's own words and style. It's an honest reflection of her own life told on her own terms. Pamela's writing style is different, unique, whimsical even. I liked the poetry throughout. Pamela is a courageous woman. A mother, activist, actress and infamous Playboy Playmate. Her story is at times very sad but inspiring. You never know someone's story until you hear it from them.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Body shaming, Bullying, and Child abuse

mandaraffe's review

dark emotional lighthearted sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Violence, Physical abuse, Bullying, Rape, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Pregnancy, Ableism, and Homophobia

missjmart's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

Pamela Anderson is not someone I expected to find myself reading a memoir about, but I am glad I did. 

Her story starts at childhood and talks about all the craziness up to her performance in New York as Roxie in Cabaret. And I feel like it’s really an insight into a woman people never really got to know. 

She describes her life events as both a diary and as poetry blending the two styles. It’s well written and full of background on the events I saw on TV or in magazines. 

I really enjoyed this. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug use, Medical content, Cancer, Animal cruelty, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Rape, Alcoholism, Car accident, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, and Suicide

mo_za11's review

informative reflective sad slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Physical abuse, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Animal cruelty, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Vomit, Addiction, Sexual content, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Stalking

skeltzer's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

3.5

Listened to the audiobook. Her delivery felt distant throughout. She's clearly a thoughtful person when it comes to most things in her life, and very well read. One of the lines near the end seemed to sum up how she lives her life: "I am provided for." She's been through a lot and I came away with much empathy for her. She'd be fun to have a drink with.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Miscarriage

jnkay01's review

hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced

3.0

Pamela Anderson is high on the list of notable women from the 90s and early 2000s who are owed a massive apology. She sounds like someone you'd want to have in your book club.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual violence, and Child abuse

rainbowjawn's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Child abuse, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Animal cruelty

Minor: Miscarriage and Toxic relationship

derangedlibrarian's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Miscarriage, Drug abuse, Rape, Violence, Sexual harassment, Pedophilia, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Sexual violence

iinasomnia's review

emotional funny informative lighthearted fast-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Drug use, Misogyny, Stalking, Rape, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Child abuse, Drug abuse, and Sexism

maxgardner's review

funny lighthearted sad fast-paced

3.0

Though this memoir did not blow me away, it was still a good listen as Pamela has led an undeniably interesting life. Admittedly, her tone has a certain breathiness to it that took me a bit to get used to, but as usual, listening reigns supreme for memoirs as you get that additional layer of context you sometimes miss out on when reading. I think maybe what was missing for me here was a deeper examination of some of the more significant aspects of her life, such as her relationship with her parents growing up as well as their relationship with each other; her relationships over the years with toxic, abusive men; and the impact of slut shaming culture that specifically targets women like her. The insights she draws from these experiences often feel incomplete or are missing entirely. Part of this might be attributed to her attitude; she seems to be a very spiritual and positive person, and her reflections on her life are cast through this lens, which at times leads to them feeling a bit shallow. Part of it also may be attributed to the structure, which jumps between periods in her life without always providing clear transitions or clarifying seemingly contradictory details (her father has reformed himself but then is suddenly terribly abusive again, she's working with Playboy but then isn't but is still affiliated with them and attending their parties); while these variations are natural in the messiness of true life, the writing style creates confusion and, in turn, it's difficult to understand what these moments mean to Pamela or how she reconciles these contradictions. That being said, I definitely learned a lot about her life and have a lot of respect for the path she carved out for herself, and I enjoyed hearing her tell her story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Domestic abuse, and Sexual assault