splattergunk 's review for:

Paris: The Memoir by Paris Hilton

5.0

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

---

This book is hard to read. Not because it’s written by Paris Hilton (and her ghostwriter) and not for the reasons that people would assume - that it would be vapid and boring and self serving - because this book is none of those things. This book is a hard read because Paris doesn’t spare the details of the horrors she’s endured, especially as a young adult in the “troubled youth” programs. 

This book was absolutely captivating, emotionally raw, stunningly well written, and had me near tears at points. 

You can decide for yourself if you think her book is genuine or a cleverly crafted PR piece, but one thing is for sure, this is a book that all young girls/femmes - teens and early twenties - should have access to. This book can open up a world for them to know that they are not alone, many of their experiences from small to big and light to dark are normal and that they are not the ones to blame. This is a book many teen and young adult girls/femmes (and even many others in the queer community) can relate to, learn from, and see themselves in.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Gaslighting

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Cursing, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Abortion, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, Classism, Pandemic/Epidemic