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A review by felicitasviviancoco
Paris: The Memoir by Paris Hilton
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
tense
fast-paced
4.75
I first gave it to my boyfriend as a present a while ago and he read it within a couple of days. Then I read it with my best friend which helped me slow down and not devour it in one sitting. I was really surprised how good this book was and kept suggesting it to my friends.
I don't usually read autobiographies but this opened my eyes to a new genre. I am aware that the book was written by a ghostwriter. This person really knows how to write a compelling story and keep the readers attention!
I really liked the narration and how it often mirrored the way a person with ADHD tells a story. I don't really know a lot about american pop culture and sometimes the name dropping was a bit excessive, but then again, this is probably the modus operandi for people like Paris. And it also encouraged me to search the internet for certain outfits she was describing or appearances in tv. I felt it was a really interactive read with songs and interviews to listen to.
Concerning her traumatic experiences in those camps, I was horrified to learn how long this was going on and how big the industry is. It needs a lot of courage to open oneself up to the public after all she went through with the paparazzi and tabloids in her life. While it's really important to acknowledge her courage and the good that comes from her activism, it would still be wrong to call her a saint. I think in this way she is like every human on earth. Ambivalent.
While I can't call myself a fan of hers, I can call myself a defender. When someone calls her a dumb blond in front of me, I will tell them about everything she accomplished even with that trauma looming over her and I truly admire her for her strength.
I can't really point my finger on what exactly keeps me from giving the book five stars. Maybe it's just my pretentious ego, telling me that it's weird to have Frankenstein and Paris Hilton's Memoir as favourite books. But maybe it's also the fact that my progress was slowed a bit and I didn't get to live through the emotions the way that would have felt natural for me.
For now it's a 4.75 but maybe I'll change it to 5 stars some day.
I don't usually read autobiographies but this opened my eyes to a new genre. I am aware that the book was written by a ghostwriter. This person really knows how to write a compelling story and keep the readers attention!
I really liked the narration and how it often mirrored the way a person with ADHD tells a story. I don't really know a lot about american pop culture and sometimes the name dropping was a bit excessive, but then again, this is probably the modus operandi for people like Paris. And it also encouraged me to search the internet for certain outfits she was describing or appearances in tv. I felt it was a really interactive read with songs and interviews to listen to.
While I can't call myself a fan of hers, I can call myself a defender. When someone calls her a dumb blond in front of me, I will tell them about everything she accomplished even with that trauma looming over her and I truly admire her for her strength.
I can't really point my finger on what exactly keeps me from giving the book five stars. Maybe it's just my pretentious ego, telling me that it's weird to have Frankenstein and Paris Hilton's Memoir as favourite books. But maybe it's also the fact that my progress was slowed a bit and I didn't get to live through the emotions the way that would have felt natural for me.
For now it's a 4.75 but maybe I'll change it to 5 stars some day.