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A review by happiestwhenreading
Only Say Good Things: Surviving Playboy and Finding Myself by Crystal Hefner
2.0
Of course I was interested in Crystal Hefner's time living inside the Playboy mansion! I had some preconceived notions of the kind of girl that would dress up on Halloween and head to a party at the mansion, so let's be clear I didn't have the highest expectations with this one.
There isn't a lot for me to say after having finished this one. I feel like my judgments were vindicated. Mostly I just hope and pray I raised my daughter to be a better person than Crystal. She was (is?) a very insecure girl who traded her morals and values for fame and money. She did things she wasn't comfortable with and, as she gained favor with Hefner, she subjected other girls to the same vile treatment and behavior. I was disappointed in Crystal's mother who was never able to give her daughter true guidance and became just as enamored with gaining access to Hefner's fame and fortune. In a sad twist, it's exactly because her mother was so disengaged that Crystal didn't have the confidence to know she deserved more.
Do I feel sorry for Crystal? I do. But I also just found her so unlikeable. I didn't see any real growth in her, and while I have no idea what's she's doing now, I hope there's a lot more substance than what she gave us here. Maybe I would have found this book to be better a few years down the road? It kind of feels like she wrote it too soon and she still had more growing up to do.
There isn't a lot for me to say after having finished this one. I feel like my judgments were vindicated. Mostly I just hope and pray I raised my daughter to be a better person than Crystal. She was (is?) a very insecure girl who traded her morals and values for fame and money. She did things she wasn't comfortable with and, as she gained favor with Hefner, she subjected other girls to the same vile treatment and behavior. I was disappointed in Crystal's mother who was never able to give her daughter true guidance and became just as enamored with gaining access to Hefner's fame and fortune. In a sad twist, it's exactly because her mother was so disengaged that Crystal didn't have the confidence to know she deserved more.
Do I feel sorry for Crystal? I do. But I also just found her so unlikeable. I didn't see any real growth in her, and while I have no idea what's she's doing now, I hope there's a lot more substance than what she gave us here. Maybe I would have found this book to be better a few years down the road? It kind of feels like she wrote it too soon and she still had more growing up to do.