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A review by nicole_kay
This Will Only Hurt a Little by Busy Philipps
4.0
“This Will Only Hurt A Little" is a memoir full of stories and events that made Busy Phillipps the person she is today, from childhood through her teen years and into adulthood. I loved how much you could hear her voice through the pages. For fans of her Instagram stories, the tone of her book will feel familiar; it's a conversation with your friend.
A lot of her stories have the same underlying theme: She just wants to fit in and be seen. Don't we all? Yes, there are certain parts where her privilege shows, but (A) what do you expect? She's a celebrity. At least she isn't arrogant about it. And (B) there are also plenty of parts where she's a regular person, with regular feelings and emotions, just like the rest of us.
I have a feeling that people who don't like this book might feel that way because they just wanted to read a celebrity's memoir spilling all the deets on other celebrities. This doesn't read like a celebrity's memoir. This reads like it's a woman telling her story, because it is. It's a testament to women's strength. I loved it.
A lot of her stories have the same underlying theme: She just wants to fit in and be seen. Don't we all? Yes, there are certain parts where her privilege shows, but (A) what do you expect? She's a celebrity. At least she isn't arrogant about it. And (B) there are also plenty of parts where she's a regular person, with regular feelings and emotions, just like the rest of us.
I have a feeling that people who don't like this book might feel that way because they just wanted to read a celebrity's memoir spilling all the deets on other celebrities. This doesn't read like a celebrity's memoir. This reads like it's a woman telling her story, because it is. It's a testament to women's strength. I loved it.