A review by scorpionwoman
Down the Rabbit Hole: Curious Adventures and Cautionary Tales of a Former Playboy Bunny by Holly Madison

4.0

holly didn’t do herself a lot of favors with this book. she really did try to play up the whole “innocent not like other girls” vibe through the whole thing and it got old fast. like girl… we know why you were with hugh hefner. you do not have to lie and pretend. plus i think she tried hard to make kendra look bad, then tried to twist around to make herself look less harsh. like i don’t think kendra and the other girls were saints, but i also don’t think holly was an ice queen just because hefner’s weird mind games steeled her into one. i believe she really did think she was better (smarter, more virtuous, more interesting, driven, etc) than the other girlfriends. to top it off she was delusional too. did she really think carrying her geriatric husband’s fifth child was going to secure her future?

i did like and appreciate her insights about the playboy lifestyle and unglamorous it truly was. and her revelations about hugh hefner. he did seem like a manipulative bastard and i don’t doubt that he really warped those women’s brains. but holly madison is not the most sincere person in the world. the book made me feel bad for all of them as unit but i didn’t feel particularly worse for holly.

also didn’t know criss angel was that much of a dick so that was fun to learn