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A review by plapp
Miles to Go by Miley Cyrus
4.0
For what this book is trying to do, it's really good. Feel-good inspo for tween girls, Christian propaganda from when Disney was at it's peak of exploiting Christianity, a puff piece for their money-maker child star. It does all of that really really well.
I'd love to see Miley do another memoir in the next 5-10 years and then again late in life. I was firmly in Miley's demo when she was Hannah Montana, and I'm still a fan of hers. This book was written right before she really started forming as the Miley we know today. I want to see what she has to say about how her life and perspective has changed since she was 16--there's a ton in here about her dad being the perfect man, she'd never smoke, she feels bad for people who don't "know Jesus", she wears a purity ring (a ring she also planned to wear as a wedding ring???? and just add another diamond?????), Disney is amazing, and of course boys boys boys (mostly Nick Jonas).
Hilary Liftin did a great job of co-writing or ghost-writing this. I wonder if Miley actually sat down to write any of it (she wrote a lot of her songs as a kid so I don't think it's totally out of the question) or if Hilary did interviews of Miley and her family to piece it all together. I'd love a fully Miley-written memoir in the future.
I'd love to see Miley do another memoir in the next 5-10 years and then again late in life. I was firmly in Miley's demo when she was Hannah Montana, and I'm still a fan of hers. This book was written right before she really started forming as the Miley we know today. I want to see what she has to say about how her life and perspective has changed since she was 16--there's a ton in here about her dad being the perfect man, she'd never smoke, she feels bad for people who don't "know Jesus", she wears a purity ring (a ring she also planned to wear as a wedding ring???? and just add another diamond?????), Disney is amazing, and of course boys boys boys (mostly Nick Jonas).
Hilary Liftin did a great job of co-writing or ghost-writing this. I wonder if Miley actually sat down to write any of it (she wrote a lot of her songs as a kid so I don't think it's totally out of the question) or if Hilary did interviews of Miley and her family to piece it all together. I'd love a fully Miley-written memoir in the future.